Language psc 100

Language psc 100

University

20 Qs

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Language psc 100

Language psc 100

Assessment

Quiz

Social Studies

University

Medium

Created by

Miriam Ohaji-adiele

Used 1+ times

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20 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Language Is

Communicative

a system of communication that allows people to express their ideas, feelings, and thoughts

Language is a structured system of communication that uses grammar and vocabulary to convey meaning. It can be spoken, signed, or written

Language is diverse across cultures and time. It has the ability to create an infinite number of sentences and refer to things that aren't present.

2.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Language Is -- and --

Referential

Communicative

expressions


Meaningful

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Mental lexicon

a part of the human language system that stores information about words, including their meanings, pronunciations, and syntactic characteristics

It's also known as a mental dictionary.

library” of words we use and their links to real-
world representations

Words are mentally represented and organized in an easily accessible way to support efficient processing.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is lexical decision task.

a cognitive experiment that measures how quickly and accurately people can identify whether a string of letters is a word or not. It's a common tool in psychology and psycholinguistics research.

library” of words we use and their links to real-
world representations

Language allows us to represent the world (or a possible world) in
our minds

You will be faster to say that a letter string is
a word than to say it is not a word. Why? Because for
nonwords you must do an exhaustive search.


5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The lexicon

is a big multi-
dimensional web of information
about words.

Is Linguistics


The Lexicon helps people to pay closer attention to how they eat, what they buy, and where their responsibility begins for creating a healthier, safer food

the complete set of meaningful units in a language

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Words get meaning

Many words derive their core meaning from a root word, which is often from an older language like Latin or Greek.

From language

From pictures

from their
context of use

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Notice that the link between what a word means and how it’s said is

arbitrary

contradictory

mutually opposed

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