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​General linguistics deals with the basic concepts, theories, descriptions, models and methods applicable in any linguistic study.

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applied linguistics

Alphabetic spelling represents the pronunciation of words；but it is often the case that the sounds of the words in a language are rather unsystematically represented by（ ）

Judge whether each of the following statements is true or false. Put a T for true or F for false on the ANSWER SHEET for each statement. If you think a statement is false, you must explain why you think so and then give the correct version.

Language is a social activity carried out in a certain social environment by human beings.

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Name and describe 5 of the core branches of linguistics.

 Language is a complicated entity with multiple layers and facets on which there came different branches of study in different times. Of the following four branches,（） came latest in the family of linguistics.

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The core area of linguistics includes phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and s. 

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general linguistics

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Why we started to study social languages?

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“There’s a motorcycle coming" is seen as, out of context, a statement that a motorcycle is coming. But in a particular context, it might be a warning to a pedestrian not to step onto a road. When the study of meaning is considered in the context of use, it becomes a branch of linguistics called pragmatics.

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applied linguistics

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What questions does psycholinguistics aim to answer?

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Why we started to study social languages?

（） is one of the defining properties of human language, which means there is in general no natural relation between meanings and sounds.

Design features refer to the defining properties of human language that distinguish it from any （）system of communication.

The （）features proposed by the American linguist Charles Hockett are a set of key defining properties of human language that distinguish it from any animal system of communication. 

Language is not entirely （）, because there are words in every language that imitate natural sounds, such as rumble, crash, cackle and bang in English.

The framework of design features was proposed by a linguist called （）.

The （）nature of language makes it possible for language to have an unlimited source of expressions.

A famous quotation from Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet: " A rose by other name would smell as sweet" may well illustrate the （ ）nature of language.