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(question3)How do linguists understand language to be?

• collection

• based

• inborn

• learned

• universal

(question3)What are the main functions of a language?

• Metalinguistic function: Explains language rules using language itself.

• Phatic function: Maintains social relations (e.g., greetings).

• To enhance physical abilities
• Communicative function: Conveys new information.

• Only for artistic expression

What is a "phatic" function of a language?

• To provide detailed information.
• To convey complex ideas clearly.
• To instruct or command actions.
• To express emotions and feelings.
• social relations (as in greetings or talk about the weather)

What is a "metalinguistic" function of a language?

• A function that describes emotions in language.
• A way to create new words without rules.
• Describes language rules

• A method for translating languages directly.
• A function that focuses on grammar only.

How are language rules explained as a "metalinguistic" function?

• Language rules restrict communication and creativity.
• Language rules are only for grammar correction.
• explains language rules by means of the language itself

• Metalinguistic functions are unrelated to language analysis.
• Metalinguistic functions focus solely on vocabulary expansion.

(question2)What are the main properties of linguistic signs?

• Stability, uniqueness, and fluidity
• Specificity, variability, and spontaneity
• Complexity, ambiguity, and randomness
• Represent concrete objects

• Include series of sounds

"Language is a system of communication by speaking, writing, or making signs" according to…

• B.F. Skinner
• Ferdinand de Saussure
• Jean Piaget
• Lev Vygotsky
• to Cambridge dictionary

Who determined the distinction between language and speech?

• B.F. Skinner
• Noam Chomsky
• Ferdinand de Saussure, the Swiss scholar

• Wilhelm Wundt
• Lev Vygotsky

Who stated that "a human language is the distinctive quality of mind"?

• B.F. Skinner
• Lev Vygotsky
• Jean Piaget
• Albert Bandura
• N.Chomsky

Language is "what makes us human", according to…

• R. L. Trask

• Jean Piaget
• B.F. Skinner
• Lev Vygotsky
• Albert Bandura