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The Course In General Linguistics by Ferdinand de Saussure
  • 1. What does Saussure emphasize as the fundamental unit of language?
A) Sentence
B) Word
C) Sign
D) Phrase
  • 2. In Saussure's model, what are the two components of a sign?
A) Lexeme and Syntax
B) Signifier and Signified
C) Subject and Predicate
D) Morpheme and Phoneme
  • 3. Saussure believed that the relationship between the signifier and signified is:
A) Fixed
B) Natural
C) Arbitrary
D) Universal
  • 4. Saussure's work laid the foundation for which field of study?
A) Behaviorism
B) Structuralism
C) Functionalism
D) Pragmatics
  • 5. One of the key points of Saussure’s theory is that meaning is derived from _____
A) The object itself
B) Cultural context
C) Historical usage
D) Differences within the system
  • 6. The relationship between a word and its meaning is characterized by:
A) Necessity
B) Directness
C) Transparency
D) Arbitrariness
  • 7. What does Saussure mean by the term 'semiology'?
A) The study of phonetics
B) The study of signs
C) The study of morphology
D) The study of syntax
  • 8. What does 'synchrony' refer to in Saussure's linguistic theory?
A) Language structure and form
B) Language developement over time
C) Language at a specific point in time
D) Language style and dialect
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