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LINGUISTICS 200 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONSWITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS!!
What is linguistics? Answer - The scientific study of human language
Why study language? Answer - To understand human nature
a) Cognitive: the nature of the human mind
b) Social: society; how people interact
What is a language? Answer - Language is systemic (follows a system of rules)
Give/recognize examples of linguistic rules in a native english speaker's mental
grammar Answer - Example: English plurals
(Native english speakers have an internal rule about how to pronounce the
plural of any given noun)
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Pronunciation
cat- cats- [s]
dog- dogs- [z]
church- churches- [iz]
potato- potatoes- [z]
photo- photos- [z]
, Linguistic competence/performance Answer - Competence is a person's
knowledge of how to use a particular language (mental grammar)
Linguistic system has at least two parts:
A set of conventional signs
A set of RULES for combining these signs
Grammar (mental grammar; linguist's grammar (model of the mental
grammar)) Answer - -Knowledge of language
-Model of the mental grammar
Knowledge of language Answer - (1) Linguistic competence
(2) Mental grammar
Model of the mental grammar Answer - (1) Linguist's grammar
(2) Unit's and levels of linguistic representation
-Sounds
-Morphemes
-Words
-Phrases
-Sentences
-Phonology
-Morphology
-Syntax
Languages are rule-governed (What evidence do we have that language
(including non-standard dialects, etc.) is rule governed?) Answer - Rules allow
for productivity
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