代写PHIL331 Language and the World/ Te Reo me te Ao代写Processing

PHIL331 Language and the World/ Te Reo me te Ao

Test 1: Example Test Questions

1.  Which of the following is a reason given by Chomsky for the existence of an innate universal grammar? (Select all the right answers.)

a.  There is not enough positive information available to children to learn the grammar of their language.

b.  All human languages are closely related.

c.  There is not enough negative evidence available to children to learn the grammar of their languages.

d.  All human languages have too much vocabulary for a child to learn unaided.

2.  Which of the following is Russell’s analysis of a definite description statement of the form ‘the X is Y’? (Select all the right answers.)

a.   Every X is also Y.

b.  There is only one and only one X and it is Y.

c.   Nothing that is X is also Y.

d.   Every X is Y but not everything is X.

3.  Which of the following statements about Semiotics is correct?

a.   Peirce thought that the relationship between a sign and what it signifies is always arbitrary.

b.  Saussure thought that the relationship between a sign and other signs is what gives it meaning.

c.  Saussure’s theory of reference was central to his theory of signs.

d.  Saussure thought that individuals all invent their own sign systems (idolects).