Comprehension Questions for
Linguistics: An Interdisciplinary Discipline

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  1. Define "linguistics."

  2. What are some of the things that linguists study?

  3. What is the difference between theoretical linguistics and applied linguistics?

  4. List and define the basic elements of language.

  5. Why are the psychological and sociological aspects of language important to study?

  6. How does understanding verbal processing enable us to develop programs to teach language?

  7. What is the difference between psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics?

  8. In what ways does our use of language depend on the situation we are in?

  9. How is language use related to social status?

  10. What do we mean when we say that linguistics is an "interdisciplinary discipline?"

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