Exercises : Unit 1
1. Without language, can we communicate each other? Why?
Answer: Read,Write
2.How do animals communicate?
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3. What aer the differences between animal communication and human language?
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4. If you were a linguist, which area (or areas) of linguistics would you like to study most? Write a paragraph telling why?
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5. Discuss each of the five characteristics of human language?
a) give a short definition of each,
b) give an example of each.
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6.Give five more example of onomatopoeic words apart from those in Unit 1and explain why they are onomatopoeic.
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7. What are the differences between linguistic competence and linguistic performance?
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9. Which theory of language origin explicitly explains onomatopoeic? Why?
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10. Which branch of linguistic interest you most? Why?
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