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Applied Linguistics

How much do you know about the different types of linguistics?

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Category: Humanities > Linguistics Submitted By: TRILLIONAIRE

Question #1

Which of the following definitions best describes "language acquisition"?

The process by which a society's vernacular varies
The process by which linguistics are applied to sociology
The process by which the linguistic ability develops in a human

Question #2

Psycholinguistics is the study of what two factors that enable humans to use a language?

Psychological and neurobiological
Sociological and biological
Linguistic and developmental

Question #3

Which of the following does the study of sociolinguistics not include?

The context in which language is used
Cultural norms/expectations of languages
Original development of languages

Question #4

Linguistic anthropology deals with semiotics, the study of how word meaning is constructed and understood.

True
False

Question #5

Which of the following is NOT an area that cognitive linguistics focuses on?

Autonomous linguistic faculty
Word evolution over time
Conceptualization
Language use

Question #6

Computational linguistics deals more with the scientific side of linguistics.

True
False

Question #7

Descriptive linguistics is the process of describing and evaluating how languages are spoken.

True
False

Question #8

Which of the following is another name for historical linguistics?

Diachronic linguistics
Paleonguistics
Histolinguism

Question #9

Which of the following is the study of languages as spoken/written in samples of real text, rather than of grammar rules?

Syntax
Corpus linguistics
Postulate linguistics

Question #10

Etymology is the study of the history of words. Which of the following does not deal with etymology?

How a word's meaning has changed over time
When a word entered a language
What source a word is from
These all deal with etymology.

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Applied Linguistics

Question #1

Which of the following definitions best describes "language acquisition"?

Question #2

Psycholinguistics is the study of what two factors that enable humans to use a language?

Question #3

Which of the following does the study of sociolinguistics not include?

Question #4

Linguistic anthropology deals with semiotics, the study of how word meaning is constructed and understood.

Question #5

Which of the following is NOT an area that cognitive linguistics focuses on?

Question #6

Computational linguistics deals more with the scientific side of linguistics.

Question #7

Descriptive linguistics is the process of describing and evaluating how languages are spoken.

Question #8

Which of the following is another name for historical linguistics?

Question #9

Which of the following is the study of languages as spoken/written in samples of real text, rather than of grammar rules?

Question #10

Etymology is the study of the history of words. Which of the following does not deal with etymology?

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Applied Linguistics

Question #1

Which of the following definitions best describes "language acquisition"?

Question #2

Psycholinguistics is the study of what two factors that enable humans to use a language?

Question #3

Which of the following does the study of sociolinguistics not include?

Question #4

Linguistic anthropology deals with semiotics, the study of how word meaning is constructed and understood.

Question #5

Which of the following is NOT an area that cognitive linguistics focuses on?

Question #6

Computational linguistics deals more with the scientific side of linguistics.

Question #7

Descriptive linguistics is the process of describing and evaluating how languages are spoken.

Question #8

Which of the following is another name for historical linguistics?

Question #9

Which of the following is the study of languages as spoken/written in samples of real text, rather than of grammar rules?

Question #10

Etymology is the study of the history of words. Which of the following does not deal with etymology?

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