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geoffrey

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Marta is lecturing on the first day of her Introduction to Linguistics course. She starts by explaining that if you have words and a set of rules for using those words, you have everything you need for ____.
 
  a. semantics
  b. syntax
  c. a learning acquisition device
  d. a language

Question 2

Tolkien is creating a new language called Elvish for a race of characters in his upcoming book. After a long writing session, he smiles and says, There. I finally have the rules for combining symbols in Elvish. In other words, Tolkien has created the ____ of the language.
 
  a. grammar
  b. semantics
  c. phonemes
  d. surface structure



ErinKing

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Answer to Question 1

ANSWER:
d

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER:
a



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