1. The study of language as a whole is often called ________ linguistics.

A. particular

B. general

C. ordinary

D. generative

2. Traditional grammar regards the ________ form of language as primary, not the spoken form.

A. oral

B. written

C. writing

D. vocal

3. The description of a language at some point in time is a ________ study.

A. synchronic

B. diachronic

C. historical

D. comparative

4. According to F. de Saussure, ________ refers to the abstract linguistic system shared by all the members of a speech community.

A. parole

B. performance

C. langue

D. Language

5. Language is arbitrary in that there is no logical connection between meanings and ________.

A. words

B. sounds

C. objects

D. ideas

6. Which of the following isn’t the design features of human language?

A. arbitrariness

B. performance

C. duality

D. displacement

7. The core of linguistics excludes ________.

A. semantics

B. morphology

C. phonetics

D. Psycholinguistics

B D B C B B D