Quiz: Introduction to Linguistics
DueMar 25 at 11:59pm
Points30
Questions12
Time Limit30 Minutes
Instructions
The quiz:
Covers theLearnmaterial fromModule 1: Week 1.
Contains12multiple-choice and true/falsequestions.
Islimitedto30 minutes.
Allows1 attempt.
Isworth 30 points.
Submit this assignment by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of Module 1: Week 1.
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IncorrectQuestion 1
0 / 2.5 pts
In the movie,My Fair Lady, the protagonist teaches Standard British
pronunciation, word choice, and syntax to Eliza Doolittle, a native speaker of
a Cockney dialect. This movie's plot illustrates which kind of grammar?
Descriptive grammar
Reference grammar
Universal Grammar
Prescriptive grammar
Question 2
2.5 / 2.5 pts
Many linguists consider a child's ability to quickly learn a language without
instruction to be evidence of the existence of Universal Grammar.
True
False
Question 3
2.5 / 2.5 pts
Which of the following words CANNOT be a word in English?
splub
jask
blick
ptop
Question 4
2.5 / 2.5 pts
Which type of grammar reflects the way that people actually speak?
Universal Grammar
Descriptive grammar
Prescriptive grammar
Reference grammar
Question 5
2.5 / 2.5 pts
The terms language and writing can be used interchangeably because they
mean the same thing.
True
False
Question 6
2.5 / 2.5 pts
Humans can communicate about things that happened a long time ago or a
long distance away. This is called:
Openness.
Discreteness.
Prevarication.
Displacement.
Question 7
2.5 / 2.5 pts
A wolf is able to express subtle gradations of emotion by different positions
of the ears, lips, and tail. If the wolf could express a thousand different
emotions with this complex system, would the wolf's system of
communication be equivalent to human language?
No, because this system of communication lacks discreteness.
Yes, because that level of complexity demonstrates creativity.
No, because this system of communication lacks displacement and
creativity.
Yes, because that level of complexity demonstrates displacement.
Question 8
2.5 / 2.5 pts
Actress Marilyn Monroe and Sir Winston Churchill (Prime Minister of the
United Kingdom during World War II and again from 1951 to 1955), as well as
many other famous people were stutterers. Stuttering is a problem with
The tongue being too thick.
The subconscious knowledge of the language (linguistic competence).
The ability to deliver linguistic competence; that is, a problem of linguistic
performance.
Wernicke’s area of the brain.
Question 9
2.5 / 2.5 pts
Which sentence is ungrammatical in English?
I’d really like a drink, you know.
What would everyone like to drink?
What he asked was want a drink.
He asked if I wanted a drink.
Question 10
2.5 / 2.5 pts
The way that we use our linguistic knowledge in actual speech production
and comprehension is our linguistic competence.
True
False
Question 11
2.5 / 2.5 pts
Linguistic competence refers to the subconscious knowledge of one’s
language.
True
False
Question 12
2.5 / 2.5 pts
For the most part, the words used in human languages are arbitrary,
meaning there is no inherent relationship between the form of a word and its
meaning.
True
False
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