10 Questions
What are the design features of Language that are mandated by Universal Grammar?
Properties of hierarchical organization, recursion, and discontinuous dependency
How do the interpretations of the sentence differ based on the placement of quantifiers 'every' and 'a'?
One interpretation involves 'every' occurring before 'a' and the other with 'a' occurring before 'every'
Why is there a need to imagine a rule causing an invisible displacement of 'a' in the sentence?
To achieve the absurd interpretation of the sentence
Which of the following is NOT considered a design feature of Language discussed in the text?
Continuous dependency
What does the Language Faculty encompass according to the text?
Genetic endowment that characterizes every possible language
Which concept is mentioned as one of the design features of Language in the text?
Invisible displacement
How do the two possible interpretations of the sentence differ?
'Every' occurs before 'a' in one interpretation and vice versa in the other
Why are the two interpretations available for a specific sentence?
'A' displaces 'every' due to a grammatical rule
'Discrete infinity' as a design feature refers to:
'Recursion' infinitely generating new sentences from old ones
'Arbitrariness of the linguistic sign' implies that:
'A word's form has no inherent relation to its meaning'
Test your understanding of how words can be interpreted in different positions in a sentence based on linguistic principles. Explore the concept of words appearing in one place but being interpreted in another place.
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