Understanding Language Diversity
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What is the main purpose of language according to the text?

  • To express emotions through gestures and facial expressions
  • To understand the psychology of language in relation to the human mind
  • To create an organized means of communication using words (correct)
  • To study the structure and change of language

    • How many languages are spoken in the world today?

  • Less than 5,000 languages
  • Over 5,000 languages
  • Around 7,000 languages (correct)
  • More than 10,000 languages

    • Which field of study focuses on the relationship between social behavior and language?

  • Neurolinguistics
  • Linguistics
  • Computational Linguistics
  • Sociolinguistics (correct)

    • What does psycholinguistics consider?

    <p>Both the production and comprehension of language (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which property of language is considered the most remarkable according to the text?

    <p>Its communicative nature (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is included in the broader concept of communication, as mentioned in the text?

    <p>Gestures, facial expressions, and touches (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the study of the particular phonemes of a language?

    <p>Phonemics (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which unit of speech sound can be used to distinguish one utterance in a given language from another?

    <p>Phoneme (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What refers to the ability to produce language creatively within the limits of a linguistic structure?

    <p>Productivity (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which principle states that meanings of words are determined by conventions agreed upon by people?

    <p>Principle of Conventionality (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are signs that resemble the object they represent called?

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

    What is the smallest unit of meaning within a particular language?

    <p>Morpheme (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which component of words convey the bulk of the meaning in a language?

    <p>Content morphemes (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the study of how to produce or combine speech sounds or to represent them with written symbols?

    <p>Phonetics (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does syntax refer to in the study of language?

    <p>The way in which words are put together to form sentences (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of semantics in the study of language?

    <p>The study of meaning in a language (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does discourse encompass in the context of language use?

    <p>Language use beyond the sentence, such as in conversation and literature (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is coarticulation in the context of speech?

    <p>Pronouncing more than one sound at the same time (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main focus of psycholinguistics?

    <p>The study of the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to acquire, use, comprehend, and produce language (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does speech perception involve in language use?

    <p>Perceiving and recognizing the words being said (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the Motor Theory of Speech Perception emphasize?

    <p>The movements of the speaker’s vocal tract to perceive speech (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the focus of Syntax?

    <p>The regularity of structure (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is Denotation in semantics?

    <p>The strict dictionary definition of a word (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Categorical perception emphasize?

    <p>The discontinuous categories of speech sounds (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main emphasis of Phonetic Refinement Theory?

    <p>Analysis of auditory sensations and shift to higher-level processing (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main concept behind TRACE Model in speech perception?

    <p>Highly interactive speech perception with three levels of feature detection (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the focus of Connotation in semantics?

    <p>A word’s emotional overtones and presuppositions (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the Phonemic-restoration effect involve?

    <p>Integrating what we know with what we hear when perceiving speech (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the Level of Phonemes refer to in speech perception?

    <p>The distinct units of sound that make up words. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main emphasis of the View of Speech as Special?

    <p>Organizing speech sounds into distinct categories. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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