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Which definition of language views language as a cognitive ability and an instrument of thinking?

  • C. Language defined as a Linguistic Communication
  • A. Language defined as a Verbal Communication
  • B. Language defined as a Mental Process (correct)

According to Edward Sapir, language is defined as a purely human and non-instinctive method of communicating ideas, emotions, and desires by means of voluntarily produced symbols. Which view of language does this definition represent?

  • A. Language defined as a Verbal Communication (correct)
  • C. Language defined as a Linguistic Communication
  • B. Language defined as a Mental Process

Which view of language defines it as a set of sentences constructed out of a finite set?

  • C. Language defined as a Linguistic Communication (correct)
  • B. Language defined as a Mental Process
  • A. Language defined as a Verbal Communication

According to Robert Hall, language is a set of habitually used oral-auditory, arbitrary symbols. Which view of language does this definition represent?

<p>C. Language defined as a Linguistic Communication (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which view of language defines it as a purely human and non-instinctive method of communication?

<p>A. Language defined as a Verbal Communication (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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