Introduction to Linguistics, 6e Bruce Rowe, Diane
Levine (Answer Key All Chapters, 100% Original
Verified, A+ Grade
1. According to Rowe & Levine, communication always includes the
transmission of:
A) Ideas
B) Thoughts
C) Emotions
D) Information
Correct Answer-: -: D) Information
2. Although there might be universal aspects of all languages that are innate,
specific languages are:
A) Also strictly innate
B) Mostly innate
C) Learned
D) Innate if they are a first language and learned if they are a second language
Correct Answer-: -: C) Learned
3. The mostly subconscious knowledge of the grammar and lexicon of one's
language is called:
A) Linguistic competence
B) Linguistic performance
C) Linguistic patterns
, D) Linguistic systematics
Correct Answer-: -: A) Linguistic competence
4. Stuttering would be a problem with:
A) Linguistic competence
B) Linguistic performance
C) Linguistic patterns
D) Linguistic systematics
Correct Answer-: -: B) Linguistic performance
5. King George VI, actress Marilyn Monroe, and Sir Winston Churchill were
stutterers. Stuttering is a problem with:
A) The tongue being too thick
B) The subconscious knowledge of the language (linguistic competence)
C) The ability to deliver linguistic competence; that is, a problem of linguistic
performance
D) Wernicke's area of the brain
Correct Answer-: -: C) The ability to deliver linguistic competence; that is, a
problem of linguistic performance
6. Which of the following is NOT a delivery system of language?
A) Writing
B) Speech
C) Gesturing without grammatical structure
D) Sign language
Correct Answer-: -: C) Gesturing without grammatical structure
7. The fact that many new words are added to English each year demonstrates
that English, like any language, is:
A) A closed system
B) An open system
C) A static system
D) A rigid system
Correct Answer-: -: B) An open system
8. The terms language and communication:
A) Can be used interchangeably because they mean the same thing
B) Are unrelated concepts
Levine (Answer Key All Chapters, 100% Original
Verified, A+ Grade
1. According to Rowe & Levine, communication always includes the
transmission of:
A) Ideas
B) Thoughts
C) Emotions
D) Information
Correct Answer-: -: D) Information
2. Although there might be universal aspects of all languages that are innate,
specific languages are:
A) Also strictly innate
B) Mostly innate
C) Learned
D) Innate if they are a first language and learned if they are a second language
Correct Answer-: -: C) Learned
3. The mostly subconscious knowledge of the grammar and lexicon of one's
language is called:
A) Linguistic competence
B) Linguistic performance
C) Linguistic patterns
, D) Linguistic systematics
Correct Answer-: -: A) Linguistic competence
4. Stuttering would be a problem with:
A) Linguistic competence
B) Linguistic performance
C) Linguistic patterns
D) Linguistic systematics
Correct Answer-: -: B) Linguistic performance
5. King George VI, actress Marilyn Monroe, and Sir Winston Churchill were
stutterers. Stuttering is a problem with:
A) The tongue being too thick
B) The subconscious knowledge of the language (linguistic competence)
C) The ability to deliver linguistic competence; that is, a problem of linguistic
performance
D) Wernicke's area of the brain
Correct Answer-: -: C) The ability to deliver linguistic competence; that is, a
problem of linguistic performance
6. Which of the following is NOT a delivery system of language?
A) Writing
B) Speech
C) Gesturing without grammatical structure
D) Sign language
Correct Answer-: -: C) Gesturing without grammatical structure
7. The fact that many new words are added to English each year demonstrates
that English, like any language, is:
A) A closed system
B) An open system
C) A static system
D) A rigid system
Correct Answer-: -: B) An open system
8. The terms language and communication:
A) Can be used interchangeably because they mean the same thing
B) Are unrelated concepts
