Midterm Exam APL4.1 Chp 1-2-3-4

What distinguishes humans from other animals according to Noam Chomsky?

• Creativity

• Language

• Intelligence

• Communication

Language is a system of _____.

• structured signs

• arbitrary signs

• fixed rules

• universal sounds

What is the central question in applied linguistics?

What makes human communication different from animals?

What does it mean to know a language?

How do children learn language?

What are the functions of language?

The relationship between a word's sound and meaning is _____.

• systematic

• random

• arbitrary

• structured

Which of the following is NOT an example of linguistic performance?

• Hesitations

• Speech errors

• Understanding grammar

• Revisions during speech

Descriptive grammar refers to rules that describe how people _____.

• should speak

• actually speak

• create new languages

• write formally