key mid test lang cul 09

FOREIGN LANGUAGES COLLEGE-DNU Name:

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH Class :

MID- TERM TEST ON LANGUAGE & CULTURE

Time limit: 40 minutes

Score Examiner 1 Examiner 2 Invigilator 1 Invigilator 2

1. Language can mean in two fundamental ways: --------------------------------.

A. through an encoded sign (semantics)

B. through an action in context (pragmatics)

C. both a and b

D. none of the above

2. Every meaning- making practice makes use of two elements: ---------------.

A. a signifier

B. a signified

C. a and b

D. register and footing

3. Language is -------------------------.

A. arbitrary

B. non-arbitrary

C. asymmetrical

D. all of the above

4. The entity in the external world referred to by a word or phrase is termed as ------------------

A. the referent

B. register

C. footing

D. role

5. Since meaning is encoded in language with a purpose, meaning as sign is dependent on the

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A. other signs

B. context in which signs are used to regulate human action.

C. a and b

D. none of the above

6. Stress and intonation could be regarded as ---------------------------.

A. the symbolic signs

B. the non-verbal signs

C. a and b

D. paraverbal signs

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