C. socially                                                       D. psycholinguistically

9. Th e view that human brain is the source of human language and cognition goes back _______.

A. less than 1000 years                                     B. over 2000 years

C. less than 2000 years                                      D. over 3000 years

10. Language acquisition is primarily the acquisition of the _________system of language.

A. phonological                                               B. semantic

C. grammatical                                                D. communicative

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. L         is generally known as the scientific and systematic study of language.

12. Speech sounds can be described in physical or a          terms. Physically, sounds are

transmitted through the air from one person to another.

13. The morphemes that are independent units of meaning and can be used freely all by

themselves are called f          morphemes.

14. A simple sentence consists of a single c          which contains a subject and a predicate and stands alone as its own sentence.