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Language and Linguistics

The theory which is based on the assumption that language originated as a result of the involuntary exclamations of pain, surprise, pleasure or wonder_________________?

English Literature Mcqs, Language and Linguistics /
The theory which is based on the assumption that language originated as a result of the involuntary exclamations of pain, surprise, pleasure or wonder_________________?

A. Ding Dong theory
B. The Bow__vow theory
C. The Pooh__pooh theory
D. The Gesture theory

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English Literature Mcqs, Language and Linguistics

The theory which is based on the assumption that language originated as a result of human instinct to imitate sounds _______________?

English Literature Mcqs, Language and Linguistics /
The theory which is based on the assumption that language originated as a result of human instinct to imitate sounds _______________?

A. Ding Dong theory
B. The Bow-vow theory
C. The Pooh-pooh theory
D. The Gesture theory

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English Literature Mcqs, Language and Linguistics

Who defined language as “a purely human and noninstinctive method of communicating ideas, emotions and desires by means of voluntarily produced symbols” ?

English Literature Mcqs, Language and Linguistics /
Who defined language as “a purely human and noninstinctive method of communicating ideas, emotions and desires by means of voluntarily produced symbols” ?

A. Noam Chomsky
B. Ferdinand de Saussure
C. Edward Sapir
D. None of the above

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English Literature Mcqs, Language and Linguistics