MCQ Bank
Which of the following concepts opens the window to the realization that all languages do not translate to each other?
- A) Culture
- B) Linguistic relativity
- C) None of the given options
- D) Propositions
There are similarities between__________ and other phenomena rather than the differences.
- A) knowledge
- B) language
- C) culture
- D) all of the given options
Which of the following types of competence is the ability to connect sentences in stretches of discourse and to form a meaningful whole out of a series of utterances?
- A) Strategic
- B) Discourse
- C) Grammatical
- D) Sociolinguistic
Our knowledge consists of a vast network of concepts interrelated by____________.
- A) culture
- B) propositions
- C) linguistic relativity
- D) none of the given options
Linguistic theories based on the notion of competence have been criticized for being too_______.
- A) ambiguous
- B) idealistic
- C) dramatic
- D) realistic
Which of the following is the process in which information is encoded, stored?
- A) Inference
- B) Thought
- C) Memory
- D) Concept
Language determines the manner and the way the human _________.
- A) mind thinks
- B) relates
- C) body works
- D) sleeps
Which of the following is a mental process by which we reach a conclusion based on specific evidence?
- A) Memory
- B) Thought
- C) Concept
- D) Inference
According to Howes (1983) during preschool years, children begin to differentiate between friends and_______.
- A) classmates
- B) relatives
- C) playmates
- D) siblings
Bachman’s grammatical competence is consonant with Canale and_______’s grammatical competence.
- A) Bachman
- B) Swain
- C) Hymes
- D) Chomsky
Which of the following is a kind of knowledge which we learn from other people, either by direct instruction or by watching their behavior?
- A) Preposition
- B) Culture
- C) Thought
- D) Language
Which of the following type of knowledges is learned from other people?
- A) Concept
- B) Non culture concept
- C) Memory
- D) Inference