
Language and Universal Grammar Quiz
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who proposed the theory of universal grammar in the early 1950s?
Edward Sapir
Linguistic Society of America
Steven Pinker
Noam Chomsky
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the analytical tool developed by Chomsky to represent the order of words in a sentence?
Grammar Mapper
Sentence Tree
Syntax Analyzer
Generative Syntax
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the principle suggested by Chomsky in the early 2000s as a shared universal grammar rule?
Passive Voice
Subject-Verb Agreement
Adverb Placement
Recursion
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which language, studied in 2005, does not appear to have any recursive structures?
English
Piraha
Mandarin
Spanish
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the dominant paradigm challenged by the idea of universal grammar?
Behaviorism
Cognitivism
Structuralism
Functionalism
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did Chomsky's theory prompt the documentation and study of?
Mathematics
Many languages
Chemistry
Physics
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did Chomsky suggest is genetically encoded for language learning?
Social interactions
Biological machinery
Cultural norms
Educational systems
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