A student knows that English uses the suffix -ed to form many past-tense verbs. What does this knowledge represent?, A) Speech, B) Language, C) Accent, D) Voice, Maria pronounces the word water differently from her British professor. What is this primarily an example of?, A) Language, B) Grammar, C) Speech, D) Vocabulary, Two people speak English with different accents but follow the same basic grammatical system. What does this demonstrate?, A) They necessarily speak different languages., B) Speech can vary while the underlying language system remains shared., C) Grammar depends entirely on pronunciation., D) Accent and language are the same thing., A person speaks very quietly because they are in a library. This is primarily a difference in:, A) Language, B) Speech, C) Syntax, D) Vocabulary, Which statement best describes the relationship between language and speech?, A) Language and speech are exactly the same thing., B) Speech is the only possible form of language., C) Speech is one way in which language is physically realized., D) Language is simply the sounds produced during speech., A child produces a sentence they have never heard before, but the sentence follows the rules of their language. What does this demonstrate?, A) Language is a creative system., B) Speech is always memorized., C) Children only imitate speech., D) Grammar is unrelated to language., A speaker stutters while saying a sentence, but the sentence follows the grammar of English. What is the best interpretation?, A) The speaker does not know English grammar., B) The language system and the physical production of speech are different., C) Stuttering changes the English language., D) Speech and language cannot occur simultaneously., Which of the following is an example of language rather than an individual act of speech?, A) Speaking loudly, B) Pronouncing a word with a regional accent, C) The grammatical rule that English questions can involve auxiliary inversion, D) Speaking slowly, A person communicates using American Sign Language instead of spoken English. What does this show us?, A) Language must always involve speech., B) Sign languages are not real languages., C) Language does not necessarily have to be spoken., D) Speech and language are identical., A linguist hears two speakers pronounce the same word differently. What would the linguist most likely conclude?, A) They must speak different languages., B) One speaker must be using language incorrectly., C) Language can have variation in its speech realization., D) Different pronunciation always means different grammar.

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