Introduction to Language Systems Quiz

Language is a system which related meanings to ______

According to linguists, a language is an abstract system of symbols and meanings governed by ______

A dialect is sometimes viewed as a subset or ‘type’ of a particular ______

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines it as “the words, their pronunciation, and the methods of combining them used and understood by a ______

Language has two elements. One is cognitive, active which comprises the linguistic features of the language, the other is emotive or ______

All children in the world acquire a mother ______

Language is a system of signals conforming to the rules which constitute its grammar. It is a set of culturally transmitted behavior patterns shared by a group of individuals.

Language is speech. Speech is language. The written record is but a secondary representation of the language.

Language is a code: a set of elements, forms composed of sound, letters, their combinations into words, sentences, etc., used for communication between individuals who share the same rules.

Getting things done satisfying material needs. Discussing items in the brochure with tourists / guests.

Influencing the behavior. Giving house rules / regulations.

Getting along with others to include or exclude. Giving and responding to orders from customers / clients.

Seeking and learning using language to explore his / her environment a way of learning about things. Discussing issues and concerns with tourists and guests.

Creating stories, games and new worlds linguistic play including poems, rhymes and riddles.

Communicating information conveying a message with specific reference to the processes, persons, objects, abstractions, qualities, states and relations of the real world.

The meaning does not reside in the words per se but in the context of the situation.