语言学第一单元练习题.pptVIP

Test: Chapter One 笪振静 The famous quotation from Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet” “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet” well illustrates __________. A. the arbitrary nature of language B. the creative nature of language C. the universality of language D. the big difference between human language and animal communication. The fact that different languages have different words for the same object is good proof that human language is ______. A. arbitrary B. creative C. duality D. descriptive Linguistics is the scientific study of _______. A. a particular language B. the English lang