According to Noam Chomsky’s theory of transformational grammar, a ‘Kernel’ is ______________________?

Related Mcqs:

1. Noam Chomsky posited that humans have a unique, inborn ability to understand the structure of language and to apply this to language learning. Chomsky called this the _______________?

   A. innate capability index B. innate surface structure ability C. prosody index D. language acquisition device...

2. For Noam Chomsky, the semantic interpretation of a sentence comes from ________________?

   A. surface structure B. deep structure C. divergent thinking D. transformational rules...

3. Noam Chomsky has emphasized that the acquisition of language by children is facilitated by:

   A. the number of times they hear a given word B. their ability to imitate the words and grammar modeled by parents C. the positive reinforced that adults give children for speaking correctly D. an inborn readiness to learn grammatical rules...

4. Which of the following is true of personal construct theory? 1: George Kelly developed personal construct theory to examine how individuals view the world. 2: Personal construct theory portrays people as victims of unconscious desires and impulses. 3: Personal construct theory does not try to locate the individual on the personality theorists, dimensions. 4: Kelly basically took the view that we are all artists.

   A. 1 & 2 B. 3 & 4 C. 1 & 3 D. 2 & 4...

5. In language, grammar refers to _________________?

   A. the morphemes used B. the phonemes used C. both morphemes and phonemes D. the rules used to connect phrases...

6. Research suggests that humans can most easily master the grammar of a second language during __________________?

   A. childhood B. adolescence C. early adulthood D. late adulthood...

7. ________________ is closely related to grammar and pronunciation.

   A. Aphasia B. Broca’s area C. Wernicke’s area D. Agnosia...

8. The theory that challenged Helmholtz’s theory of color vision is _______________?

   A. frequency theory B. opponent-process theory C. isomorphism D. trichromatic theory...

9. The opponent-process theory is to our sense of color as the gate-control theory is to our sense of ____________?

   A. smell B. touch C. kinesthesia D. pain...

10. Gardner has proposed a theory of multiple intelligences. Which of the following is not one of the dimensions in his theory?

    A. musical B. verbal C. mathematical D. performance...