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

Related Mcqs:

1. _______ is a term denotes historical perspective for studying language ?

   A. Synchrony
   B. Diachrony
   C. Both a and b
   D. None of these

   Submitted by: Abdul Sami Bhayo

2. 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

3. The Jacobean era succeeds the ___________and precedes the Caroline era, and specifically denotes a style of architecture, visual arts, decorative arts, and literature that is predominant of that period ?

   A. Elizabethan era
   B. English Reformation
   C. England
   D. Tudor period

4. Who defined language as “a set or (finite or infinite) sentences, each finite in length and constructed out of a finite set of elements” ?

   A. Noam Chomsky
   B. Ferdinand de Saussure
   C. Edward Sapir
   D. None of the above

5. The type of study which focus on the analysis of the systematic interrelation of the elements of a single language at a particular time is called________________?

   A. Synchronic
   B. Diachronic
   C. Semiotic
   D. Onomatopoeic

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 is an exception to the property of arbitrariness of language ?

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

9. 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

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