Famous Linguists
This man developed "Systemic Linguistics" in the 1950's.
Who is M.A.K. Halliday?
The initials "SLA" stands for this
What is Second Language Acquisition
"Bonjour" means "hello" in what language?
What is French?
The simple definition for this part of speech is, "the name of a person, place, thing or idea."
What is a noun?
This referes to the ability to use two or more languages.
What is "Multilingualism?"
This prominent linguist is best known for his theory on "Universal Grammar."
Who is Noam Chomsky?
The initials "LSP" stands for this
What is Language for Specific Purposes
"Ciao" means "hello" in what language?
What is Italian?
The part of speech that expresses and action or being.
What is a verb?
This linguistic framework considers the primary use of language to be a system of communication.
What is functionalism?
This man developed the theory of "Communicative Competence."
Who is Dell Hymes?
The initials "CLT" stands for this
What is Communicative Language Theory
"Hola" means "hello" in what language?
What is Spanish?
This part of speech modifies or describes a noun or pronoun.
What is an adjective?
The ability to use only one language is known as this.
What is monolingualism?
This man claimed that it is difficult to find a society that is genuinely monolingual.
Who is Francois Grosjean?
The initials "ESL" stand for this.
"Hej" means hello in what language?
What is Swedish?
This part of speech is used to join words, phrases or clauses.
What is a conjunction?
An inappropriate influence of an L1 rule on L2 use is known as this.
What is "negative transfer?"
This women is a past president of TESOL and one of the author's of our textbook.
Who is Muriel Saville-Troike?
The initials "SFL" refer to this
What is "Systemic Functional Linguistics?"
"Kwe'" means "hello" in what language?
What is Mi'kmaq?
A word used instead of a noun or a noun phrase.
What is a pronoun?
In linguistics, this word is used to describe the state of standing out as non-typical, as opposed to regular or common?
What is markedness?