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Understanding Language Functions

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1.

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45 sec • 1 pt

How do linguists understand language to be?

Inborn

Learned

Universal

Constitutive

Recognitive

2.

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45 sec • 1 pt

What are the main functions of a language?

Constitutive

Social

Communicative

Emotive

General

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a "phatic" function of a language?

Enhancing vocabulary skills.
Improving grammar accuracy.
Facilitating language translation.
Maintaining social relationships.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a "metalinguistic" function of a language?

supports social relations

describes language rules

expresses distinctive functions

maintains historicak relations

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How are language rules explained as a "metalinguistic" function?

by means language itself

via historical relations

through social relations

using distinctive functions

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What are the main properties of linguistic signs?

Present distinctive functions

Introduce constitutive relations

represent concrete objects

include series of sounds

support social relations

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

"Language is a system of communication by speaking, writing, or making signs" according to…

Oxford dictionaries
Merriam-Webster
Collins English Dictionary
Cambridge dictionaries

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