The Language of Noam Chomsky
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What is linguistic creativity?

  • The ability to produce new sentences (correct)
  • The ability to learn sentences by imitation
  • The ability to understand sentences
  • The ability to memorize sentences

What is linguistic competence?

  • What you know in your mind (correct)
  • What you can do in theory
  • What you do do
  • What actually comes out of your mouth

What is linguistic performance?

  • What you can do in theory
  • What you know in your mind
  • What you do do
  • What actually comes out of your mouth (correct)

Why don't we usually use long sentences?

<p>Because of physical limitations (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is Noam Chomsky?

<p>A linguist who studies linguistic creativity (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a universal property of human language?

<p>The ability to produce new sentences (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is another aspect of linguistic creativity?

<p>Child development (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the limit to how long a sentence can be?

<p>There is no limit (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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