II. Directions: Fill in the blank in each of the following statements with one word, the first letter of which is already given as a clue. Note that you are to fill in ONE word only, and you are not allowed to change the letter given. ( 1%×10=10% )
11. A is one of the defining properties of human language, which means there is in general no natural relation between meanings and sounds.
12. Among the three branches of phonetics, the study of the physical properties of the streams of sounds produced in speech is known as a phonetics.
13. In using the morphological rules, we must guard against o in that different words may require different affixes to create the same meaning change.
14. Universal Grammar is a set of principles and p of grammar which, according to Chomsky, is inherited genetically by all human beings.
15. The synonyms such as economical, thrifty, and stingy are different in their e meaning.
16. Most of the violations of the four maxims under the Cooperative Principle give rise to conversational i .
17. When there is a need to reduce ambiguity and increase communicative clarity or expressiveness, then rule e occurs.
18. A pidgin is a m language developed as a medium of trade, or through other extended but limited contact, between groups of speakers who have no other language in common.
19. The localization of cognitive and perceptual functions in a particular hemisphere of the brain is called 1 .
20. Language acquisition is concerned with language development in humans. Generally speaking, it refers to children’s development of their f language.
