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eng121
Question
Language is a learned behaviour; it is conventional and ---------.
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arbitrary
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It was the French linguist ------------- who started people thinking along the lines of modern linguistics in Europe.
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Ferdinand de Saussure
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From the London School of Linguistics also came Halliday who suggested a model of grammar often referred to as ------------.
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Systemic Grammar
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: These are sounds produced with the lower lip and the upper teeth
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Labio-dental
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Consonants are described using three criteria (i) whether they are voiced or voiceless (ii)organ of production and (iii) -------
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manner of production
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-------- defines Language as ‘a purely human and non instinctive method of communicating ideas, emotions and desires by means of a system of voluntarily producedsymbols'.
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Edward Sapir(1921)
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The term "structure" is generally used to analyse all the units of grammar except the smallest unit-the ---------
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morpheme
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The study of the physical features of speech sounds is called ---------.
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Phonetics
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Every speech sound is produced as a result of exhaled air from the -------.
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lungs
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The Structural Approach to the study of language can be traced to Bloomfield of the ---------- of Linguistics.
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American school
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Language is a learned behaviour; it is conventional and ---------.
Answer
arbitrary
Question
It was the French linguist ------------- who started people thinking along the lines of modern linguistics in Europe.
Answer
Ferdinand de Saussure
Question
From the London School of Linguistics also came Halliday who suggested a model of grammar often referred to as ------------.
Answer
Systemic Grammar
Question
: These are sounds produced with the lower lip and the upper teeth
Answer
Labio-dental
Question
Consonants are described using three criteria (i) whether they are voiced or voiceless (ii)organ of production and (iii) -------
Answer
manner of production
Question
-------- defines Language as ‘a purely human and non instinctive method of communicating ideas, emotions and desires by means of a system of voluntarily producedsymbols'.
Answer
Edward Sapir(1921)
Question
The term "structure" is generally used to analyse all the units of grammar except the smallest unit-the ---------
Answer
morpheme
Question
The study of the physical features of speech sounds is called ---------.
Answer
Phonetics
Question
Every speech sound is produced as a result of exhaled air from the -------.
Answer
lungs
Question
The Structural Approach to the study of language can be traced to Bloomfield of the ---------- of Linguistics.
Answer
American school
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