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3. Select the correct answer of each number. Click the letter that best answer to the questions below.

4. 1.6.11.16. 2.7.12.17. 4.9.14.19. 5.10.15.20.

5. 1. It is the human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication, and a language is any specific example of such a system. A. Language B. Culture C. Communication A. Language B. Culture C. Communication

6. 2. The scientific study of language A. Phonetics B. Syntactic C. Linguistics A. Phonetics B. Syntactic C. Linguistics

7. 3. It was estimated that there are ______ number of languages in the world. A. 6,000-7,000 B. 7,000-8,000 C. 8,000-9,000 A. 6,000-7,000 B. 7,000-8,000 C. 8,000-9,000

8. 4. It may refer to the cognitive ability to learn and use systems of complex communication, or to describe the set of rules that makes up these systems, or the set of utterances that can be produced from those rules A. Language B. Culture C. Communication A. Language B. Culture C. Communication

9. 5. system that governs how symbols are used to form sequences known as words or morphemes, and a syntactic system that governs how words A. Syntactical B. Phonological C. Morphological A. Syntactical B. Phonological C. Morphological

10. 6. Another term for words A. Phonemes B. Semantics C. Morphemes A. Phonemes B. Semantics C. Morphemes

11. 7. All languages rely on the process of ______ to relate signs with particular meanings. A. Semiosis B. Encoding C. Decoding A. Semiosis B. Encoding C. Decoding

12. 8. The use of language is deeply entrenched in human ______. A. Nature C. Environment C. Culture A. Nature C. Environment C. Culture

13. 9. Languages _____ and diversify over time. A. Revolve B. Involve C. Evolve A. Revolve B. Involve C. Evolve

14. 10.He proposes that "some random mutation took place, maybe after some strange cosmic ray shower, and it reorganized the brain, implanting a language organ in an otherwise primate brain. A. Michael Tomasello B. Noam Chomsky C. Herbert Spencer A. Michael Tomasello B. Noam Chomsky C. Herbert Spencer

15. 11. The study of how humans produce and perceive vocal sounds is called A. Semantics B. Phonetics C. Phonemics A. Semantics B. Phonetics C. Phonemics

16. 12. Sounds as part of a linguistic system are called a. Phonemes b. Morphemes c. Syntax a. Phonemes b. Morphemes c. Syntax

17. 13. The smallest units in a language that can serve to distinguish between the meaning of a pair of minimally different words. A. Phonemes B. Morphemes C. Syntax A. Phonemes B. Morphemes C. Syntax

18. 14.It is the study of how meaningful elements called morphemes. A. Language B. Phonology C. Grammar A. Language B. Phonology C. Grammar

19. 15.It is the process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive and comprehend language. A. Recursion B. Comprehension C. Language acquisition A. Recursion B. Comprehension C. Language acquisition

20. 16. The capacity to successfully use language requires one to acquire a range of tools includes the following EXCEPT: A. Vocabulary B. Semantics C. Syntax A. Vocabulary B. Semantics C. Syntax

21. 17. It examines the grammar of single languages. A. Historical linguistics B. descriptive linguistics C. Neurolinguistics A. Historical linguistics B. descriptive linguistics C. Neurolinguistics

22. 18. It is a study on how language is processed in the human brain and allows the experimental testing of theories. A. Historical linguistics B. descriptive linguistics C. Neurolinguistics A. Historical linguistics B. descriptive linguistics C. Neurolinguistics

23. 19. It relies on grammatical and lexical descriptions of languages to trace their individual histories and reconstruct trees of language families by using the comparative method. A. Historical linguistics B. descriptive linguistics C. Neurolinguistics A. Historical linguistics B. descriptive linguistics C. Neurolinguistics

24. 20. It develops theories on how best to conceptualize and define the nature of language based on data from the various extant human languages. A. Historical linguistics B. Theoretical linguistics C. Neurolinguistics A. Historical linguistics B. Theoretical linguistics C. Neurolinguistics

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