ENG522 Quiz 4 Set 2

Q1. Linguistic theories based on the notion of competence have been criticized for being too_______.

1. idealistic
2. realistic
3. ambiguous
4. dramatic

Correct answer: idealistic

Q2. The _______ competence pertains to the knowledge of conventions for cohesion and coherence and rhetorical organization.

1. textual
2. strategic
3. discourse
4. contextual

Correct answer: discourse

Q3. Who among the following introduced the concept of ‘communicative competence’?

1. Cook
2. Lenneberg
3. Nunan
4. Hymes

Correct answer: Hymes

Q4. Our knowledge consists of a vast network of concepts interrelated by____________.

1. none of the given options
2. culture
3. linguistic relativity
4. propositions

Correct answer: propositions

Q5. Bachman’s grammatical competence is consonant with Canale and_______’s grammatical competence.

1. Chomsky
2. Hymes
3. Bachman
4. Swain

Correct answer: Swain

Q6. Which of the following can be either remembered (already stored in memory) or inferred (worked out)?

1. Memory
2. Concept
3. Inference
4. Proposition

Correct answer: Proposition

Q7. Which of the following types of competence is the ability to recognize and produce the distinctive grammatical structures of a language?

1. Strategic
2. Sociolinguistic
3. Discourse
4. Grammatical

Correct answer: Grammatical

Q8. Which of the following concepts opens the window to the realization that all languages do not translate to each other?

1. Linguistic relativity
2. None of the given options
3. Propositions
4. Culture

Correct answer: Linguistic relativity

Q9. In order to speak any language, you have to pay attention to the meanings that are ___________marked in that language.

1. culturally
2. structurally
3. socially
4. grammatically

Correct answer: grammatically

Q10. The notion of ‘competence’ has its basis _______linguistics.

1. for
2. inside
3. outside
4. from

Correct answer: inside