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What is the scientific study of human language called?
What is the scientific study of human language called?
- Language study
- Linguistic science (correct)
- Latin study
- French study
What is the difference between linguistics and language study?
What is the difference between linguistics and language study?
- Language study focuses on a particular language, while linguistics studies languages in general. (correct)
- Linguistics focuses on a particular language, while language study studies languages in general.
- Language study focuses on the past, while linguistics focuses on the present.
- Linguistics focuses on the past, while language study focuses on the present.
What is the primary goal of a linguist?
What is the primary goal of a linguist?
- To learn how to read literature in the original language
- To learn how to communicate with speakers of a living language
- To learn more about the way language works and how it may best be described and analyzed (correct)
- To learn how to write in a particular language
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