Module 1

Question 1

Dialect

Answer 1

form of a language particular to a region or social group

Question 2

Creolization

Answer 2

acquisition of pidgin as first language

Question 3

Expression

Answer 3

words, phrases, sentences (intonation & stress)

Question 4

meaning

Answer 4

senses and referents of expression

Question 5

context

Answer 5

social situation, earlier conversation, shared knowledge

Question 6

referents

Answer 6

a specific thing being referenced

Question 7

senses

Answer 7

emotions and concepts of phrases

Question 8

nonarbitrary

Answer 8

direct, causal relationship to thing indicated

Question 9

arbitrary

Answer 9

no inherent connection between sign and what it signifies

Question 10

representational

Answer 10

suggest what they indicate (iconic)

Question 11

linguistics

Answer 11

scientific study of human language

Question 12

duality

Answer 12

meaningless elements and meaningful words

Question 13

displacement

Answer 13

talking beyond the here and now

Question 14

discreetness

Answer 14

words are separable into distinct pieces

Question 15

productivity

Answer 15

endless combinations of words and phrases

Question 16

systematic

Answer 16

patterns based on regularities

Question 17

linguistic competence

Answer 17

knowledge about chosen language and ability to use it

Question 18

phonetics

Answer 18

sounds included and excluded from your language

Question 19

phonology

Answer 19

where sounds can be placed or combined

Question 20

semantics

Answer 20

what sequences of sounds mean

Question 21

morphology

Answer 21

how words can be created from smaller parts

Question 22

phraseology

Answer 22

how words can be combined to create conventional phrases

Question 23

syntax

Answer 23

how to create well-formed sentences and phrases