- 1. Which of the following brain areas is predominantly involved in language processing?
A) Broca's area
B) Thalamus
C) Cerebellum
D) Hippocampus
- 2. What is the term for the smallest unit of sound that distinguishes meaning in a language?
A) Phoneme
B) Sememe
C) Morpheme
D) Grapheme
- 3. What is the term for the study of the meaning of words and phrases in language?
A) Phonology
B) Pragmatics
C) Syntax
D) Semantics
- 4. Who developed the theory of Universal Grammar, suggesting that humans are born with an innate capacity for language?
A) William Labov
B) Charles Darwin
C) Steven Pinker
D) Noam Chomsky
- 5. The concept that language shapes the way we think and perceive the world is known as what?
A) Linguistic Relativity
B) Syntactic Structures
C) Pragmatics
D) Sociolinguistics
- 6. What is the term for the study of the structure of sentences in a language?
A) Pragmatics
B) Morphology
C) Phonetics
D) Syntax
- 7. What is the term for the process by which sounds are produced to form words in spoken language?
A) Intonation
B) Pitching
C) Phonation
D) Articulation
- 8. What is the term for the study of how words are formed and their relationship to other words?
A) Pragmatics
B) Morphology
C) Semantics
D) Phonology
- 9. Which region of the brain has been linked to understanding and processing the meaning of language?
A) Frontal lobe
B) Wernicke's area
C) Occipital lobe
D) Amygdala
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