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Chapter 1 Invitations to Linguistics1.? ? ? ? Language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human __________.? ? ? ? A. contact? ? ? ? ? ? B. communication? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? C. relation? ? ? ? ? ?? D. community2.? ? ? ? Which of the following words is entirely arbitrary?? ? ? ? A. tree? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? B. typewriter? ? C. crash? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? D. bang3.? ? ? ? The function of the sentence “Water boils at 100 degrees Centigrade.” is __________.? ? ? ? A. interrogative? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? B. directive? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? C. informative? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? D. performative4.? ? ? ? In Chinese when someone breaks a bowl or a plate the host or the people present are likely to say“碎碎（岁岁）平安”as a means of controlling the forces which they believes feel might affect their lives. Which functions does it perform?? ? ? ? A. Interpersonal? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? B. Emotive? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? C. Performative? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? D. Recreational5.? ? ? ? Which of the following property of language enables language users to overcome the barriers caused by time and place, due to this feature of language, speakers of a language are free to talk about anything in any situation?? ? ? ? A. Transferability? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? B. Duality? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? C. Displacement? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? D. Arbitrariness6.? ? ? ? Study the following dialogue. What function does it play according to the functions of language?? ? ? ? — A nice day, isn’t it?? ? ? ? — Right! I really enjoy the sunlight.? ? ? ? A. Emotive? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? B. Phatic? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? C. Performative? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? D. Interpersonal7.? ? ? ? __________ refers to the actual realization of the ideal language user’s knowledge of the rules of his language in utterances.? ? ? ? A. Performance? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? B. Competence? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? C. Langue? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? D. Parole8.? ? ? ? When a dog is barking, you assume it is barking for something or at someone that exists hear and now.