Which among the following is an exception to the property of arbitrariness of language ?

Related Mcqs:

1. Human language is structured at the levels of phonemes and morphemes and at the level of words. This property of language is called_______________?

   A. Duality of structure
   B. Recursiveness
   C. Displacement
   D. TransferencE.

2. Language is never statiC. It goes on changing. This property of language is called______________ ?

   A. Dynamic
   B. Recursiveness
   C. Displacement
   D. TransferencE

3. It is possible to write down spoken language and read aloud the written material. This property of language is called______________ ?

   A. Duality of structure
   B. Recursiveness
   C. Displacement
   D. Transference.

4. I ask: Is it not the case that everybody that is not white is treated with contempt and counted as barbarians? And I ask if the word of God justifies the white man in so doing. When the prophets prophesied, of whom did they speak? When they spoke of heathens, was it not the whites and others who were counted Gentiles? And I ask if all nations with the exception of the Jews were not counted heathens. This passage exemplifies________________?

   A. Jamming
   B. Snaring
   C. Hortatory sermon
   D. Framing

5. When the prophets prophesied, of whom did they speak? When they spoke of heathens, was it not the whites and others who were counted Gentiles? And I ask if all nations with the exception of the Jews were not counted heathens. The author of this passage was_______________?

   A. A slave
   B. A Transcendentalist
   C. The son of itinerant actors
   D. An indentured servant

6. Which among the following implies the actual meaningful utterance of the individual speaking or writing a given language ?

   A. Language
   B. Parole
   C. performance
   D. Both parole and performance

7. Which among the following is not a characteristic feature of language ?

   A. Language is systematic
   B. Language is arbitrary
   C. Language is dynamic
   D. Language is instinctive.

8. Which among the following implies the underlying rules governing the combination and organization of the elements of language ?

   A. Language
   B. Parole
   C. Competence
   D. Both langue and Competence

9. Which among the following terms denotes the formal agreement between various constituent elements of a language ?

   A. Concord
   B. Gerund
   C. Phrase structure
   D. None of the above

10. The study of language and mind, which has greatly advanced our understanding of the way in which we acquire language is_________?

    A. Sociolinguistics
    B. Psycholinguisctics
    C. Biolinguistics
    D. None of these

    Submitted by: Abdul Sami Bhayo