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    The document contains questions about core concepts in linguistics including: design features of language such as syntax, semantics and phonology; the definition of diachronic linguistics as the study of language change over time; examples of syntagmatic and paradigmatic analysis; language universals that all languages share; the evolution of human language compared to animal communication; examples of linguistic disciplines including the history of the English language from Old English to Modern English.

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    SEMINARS 1-4

    Questions:

    1. Name three design features of language.

    2. What is the core definition for diachronic linguistics?

    3. "The subject is usually followed by the verb, then comes the object."
    Is this an example for syntagmatic or paradigmatic analysis?

    4. True or False:
    a) The human language is the only signaling system for communication purposes we
    know.
    b) Universals are features that ALL languages have in common.
    c) Linguistics deals with spoken language only.

    5. How did language evolve?

    6. Human language vs animal language

    7. Examples of linguistic disciplines (detailed discussion)

    8. Language universals: semantic and syntactic universals

    9. The History of the English Language (Old English)

    10. The History of the English Language (Middle and Modern English)

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