<--BACKASL Linguistics Quiz #3 Instructions: Choose the best answer. When you are finished, click submit. 21. The study of how the meaning conveyed by a word or sentence depends on aspects of the context in which it is used (such as time, place, social relationship between speaker and hearer, and speaker's assumptions about the hearer's beliefs). a. Sociolinguistics b. Pragmatics c. Semantics d. Meningitis 22. The application of the methods and results of linguistics to such areas as language teaching; national language policies; lexicography; translation; and language in politics, advertising, classrooms, courts, and the like. a. Pragmatics b. Morphology c. Applied Linguistics d. Sociolinguistics 23. The study of the way in which words are constructed out of smaller meaningful units. a. Morphology b. Semantics c. selachophobia d. Pragmatics 24. The study of meaning; how words and sentences are related to the objects they refer to and the situations they describe. a. Psycholinguistics b. Anthropological Linguistics c. ophidiophobia d. Semantics 25. The study of the brain and how it functions in the production, perception and acquisition of language. a. hypertrichosis b. Pragmatics c. Neurolinguistics d. Semantics 26. The study of the inter-relationship between language and culture. a. socio-cultural linguistics b. Psycholinguistics c. Pragmatics d. Anthropological Linguistics 27. The study of the interrelationship of language and social structure; linguistic variation; attitudes toward language. a. Sociolinguistics b. Prescriptic study c. Pragmatics d. Semantics 28. The study of the interrelationship of language and the cognitive structures; the acquisition of language. a. Diglosic inquiry b. Conjunctivitis c. Psycholinguistics d. Interlocutionary research 29. The study of the sound system of language; how the particular sounds used in each language form an integrated system for encoding information and how such systems differ from one language to another. a. Phonology b. Anthropological Linguistics c. Gingivitis d. Semantics 30. The study of the way in which sentences are constructed; how sentences are related to each other. a. Hysterics b. Halitosis c. Semantics d. Syntax Name E-mail READY TO SUBMIT: I have filled out the above information. I have double checked to make sure each question is marked. I am turning in my answers officially for purposes of grading. I understand that I am not allowed to resubmit my answers once they have been graded. After you click submit you should be taken to a confirmation page within minute or two. Your Score: Correct answers: Copyright © 2003 Lifeprint.com. All rights reserved. Revised: 08/30/21
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ASL Linguistics Quiz #3 Instructions: Choose the best answer. When you are finished, click submit.
21. The study of how the meaning conveyed by a word or sentence depends on aspects of the context in which it is used (such as time, place, social relationship between speaker and hearer, and speaker's assumptions about the hearer's beliefs). a. Sociolinguistics b. Pragmatics c. Semantics d. Meningitis 22. The application of the methods and results of linguistics to such areas as language teaching; national language policies; lexicography; translation; and language in politics, advertising, classrooms, courts, and the like. a. Pragmatics b. Morphology c. Applied Linguistics d. Sociolinguistics 23. The study of the way in which words are constructed out of smaller meaningful units. a. Morphology b. Semantics c. selachophobia d. Pragmatics 24. The study of meaning; how words and sentences are related to the objects they refer to and the situations they describe. a. Psycholinguistics b. Anthropological Linguistics c. ophidiophobia d. Semantics 25. The study of the brain and how it functions in the production, perception and acquisition of language. a. hypertrichosis b. Pragmatics c. Neurolinguistics d. Semantics 26. The study of the inter-relationship between language and culture. a. socio-cultural linguistics b. Psycholinguistics c. Pragmatics d. Anthropological Linguistics 27. The study of the interrelationship of language and social structure; linguistic variation; attitudes toward language. a. Sociolinguistics b. Prescriptic study c. Pragmatics d. Semantics 28. The study of the interrelationship of language and the cognitive structures; the acquisition of language. a. Diglosic inquiry b. Conjunctivitis c. Psycholinguistics d. Interlocutionary research 29. The study of the sound system of language; how the particular sounds used in each language form an integrated system for encoding information and how such systems differ from one language to another. a. Phonology b. Anthropological Linguistics c. Gingivitis d. Semantics 30. The study of the way in which sentences are constructed; how sentences are related to each other. a. Hysterics b. Halitosis c. Semantics d. Syntax
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