Q.1:
Who defined language as a purely human and noninstinctive method of communicating ideas, emotions and desires by means of voluntarily produced symbols ?
A.
Noam Chomsky
B.
Ferdinand de Saussure
C.Edward Sapir
D.
None of the above
Q.2:
The theory which is based on the assumption that language originated as a result of human instinct to imitate sounds _______________?
A.
Ding Dong theory
B.The Bow-vow theory
C.
The Pooh-pooh theory
D.
The Gesture theory
Q.3:
The theory which is based on the assumption that language originated as a result of the involuntary exclamations of pain, surprise, pleasure or wonder_________________?
A.
Ding Dong theory
B.
The Bow__vow theory
C.The Pooh__pooh theory
D.
The Gesture theory
Q.4:
The Ding__Dong theory of the origin of language was advanced by_______________?O
A.
Wilhelm Wundt and Sir Richard Paget#
B.
Noire
C.Max__Muller
D.
Otto Jepersen
Q.5:
The Musical Theory of the origin of language was advanced by_________________?N
A.
Wilhelm Wundt and Sir Richard Paget#
B.
Noire
C.
Max__Muller
D.Otto Jespersen
Q.6:
Find the odd one out____________________?)
A.
Ferdinand de Saussure
B.
Edward Sapir
C.
Leonard Bloomfield
D.Herman Gundert
Q.7:
Human language is structured at the levels of phonemes and morphemes and at the level of words. This property of language is called_______________?
A.Duality of structure
B.
Recursiveness
C.
Displacement
D.
TransferencE.
Q.8:
Human beings can talk about experiences, objects and events which are not present at the time and place of speaking. This property of language is called______________ ?
A.
Duality of structure
B.
Recursiveness
C.Displacement
D.
TransferencE
Q.9:
Language is never statiC. It goes on changing. This property of language is called______________ ?b
A.Dynamic
B.
Recursiveness
C.
Displacement
D.
TransferencE
Q.10:
The type of study of the changes in language over a span of time is called________________?[