A System of Rules for Deriving Meaning from Sounds and for Ordering

question 26

Multiple Choice

A system of rules for deriving meaning from sounds and for ordering words into sentences is called

• A) grammar.
• B) an algorithm.
• C) receptive language.
• D) linguistic determinism.

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