Language and Linguistics-Units and Components [GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) Linguistics (XH-C3)]: Questions 4 - 5 of 27
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Question 4
Appeared in Year: 2021
Question MCQ▾
Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) , carry Two mark each (for each wrong answer: )
Sign languages have long been used by the deaf communities to communicate amongst themselves. Which of the following is correct?
Choices
Choice (4) | Response | |
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a. | Signs in sign languages are dominantly iconic and transparent with respect to the meaning they encode. | |
b. | Children who are hearing-impaired do not converge on a language without instruction in signing and/or speaking | |
c. | Sign language shows duality of patterning with meaningless gestures combining to create single sign. | |
d. | Sign languages are pidgin like, rudimentary communication systems |
Question 5
Appeared in Year: 2021
Question MCQ▾
Multiple Select Question (MSQ) , carry One mark each (no negative marks)
Three different ways of writing a single word in the Mayan script are given below. The glyphs (i-ii) are of a single word [ba՚lam] meaning ‘jaguar.’ What can we conclude about the Mayan writing system from the examples provided?
Choices
Choice (4) | Response | |
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a. | The glyphs use the rebus principle, part sound part meaning | |
b. | The glyphs can be logograms, mean whole words | |
c. | The glyphs can be alphabetic, Spelling out sounds | |
d. | The glyphs can be syllabic |