Each Language Consists of a Finite Set of Words, but Speakers

question 23

Multiple Choice

Each language consists of a finite set of words, but speakers of a language can create and comprehend a countless number of meaningful sentences without any limit. This is an example of

• A) pragmatics.
• B) infinite generativity.
• C) organizational rules.
• D) phonemes.

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Definitions:

Spaced Practice

A learning technique that involves breaking up studying into short sessions over a longer period of time, as opposed to cramming.

Recall Performance

The ability to retrieve and reproduce information from memory when it is needed.

Chessboard

A checkered gameboard with 64 squares arranged in an 8×8 grid, used for playing chess, a strategic board game.

Transformational Grammar

A linguistic theory proposed by Noam Chomsky that considers how complex sentences are derived from simpler ones.