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Answer questions briefly Chapter 1. What are some important distinctions in linguistics? (In what basic ways does modern linguistics differ from traditional grammar?) P3~5 Answer: Prescriptive and descriptive, synchronic and diachronic, speech and writing, langue and parole, competence and performance, traditional grammar and modern linguistics. (Traditional grammar is prescriptive, synchronic, speech, langue and competence. Modern linguistics is descriptive, diachronic, writing, parole and performance.) What are the design features of language?P8~10 Answer: Arbitrariness, productivity, dualit