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

Related Mcqs:

1. 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

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

   A. Onomatopoeia
   B. Homophones
   C. Homonyms
   D. Portmanteau

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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.

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

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

7. 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.

8. Competence is a term to describe the knowledge possessed by native users of a language which enables them to speak and understand their language fluently was introduced by________?

   A. Sassure
   B. Enoch Powel
   C. Noam Chomsky
   D. None of these

   Submitted by: Abdul Sami Bhayo

9. 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

10. “When I was 16 years of age, we heard a Strange Rumor among the English, that there were Extraordinary Ministers preaching from Place to Place and Strange Concern among the White People. This was in the Spring of the Year. … After I was awakened & converted, I went to all the meetings, I could come at; & Continued under Trouble of Mind about 6 months; at which time I began to Learn the English letters; got me a Primer, and used to go to my English Neighbours frequently for Assistant in reading…”?

    A. Samson Occcum
    B. John Winthrop
    C. Benjamin Franklin
    D. Mayflower Compact