This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Language Acquisition > Chomsky Language – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Chomsky Language Quiz 2 (8 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. According to Chomsky, language is an innate faculty, that is, humans are born with a set of rules about language, referred to as UG, it corresponds to the definitions of A) Linguistic Knowledge. B) Nativism. C) Essentialism. D) External language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nativism. 2. Noam Chomsky apart from his career, strongly criticizes A) The finite theory proposed by another author. B) Contemporary capitalism. C) The lack of education and the index of ignorance. D) Linguistic theories. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contemporary capitalism. 3. Context-free languages are also called [ ..... ] in the Chomsky Hierarchy. A) Type-0. B) Type-1. C) Type-2. D) Type-3. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Type-2. 4. What do you think is biological ability? A) Refers to get used to the target language in various ways. B) Refers which can be used to help living beings in various ways. C) Refers which can be used to manipulate and effect living beings in various ways. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Refers which can be used to manipulate and effect living beings in various ways. 5. What are the basic components of Chomsky's theory? A) Phonological, syntactic and semantic. B) Lexical, syntactic and phonological. C) Semantic, interpretive, generative. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phonological, syntactic and semantic. 6. What is the central component for Noam Chomsky? A) Phonological. B) Superficial. C) Semantic. D) Syntactic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Syntactic. 7. If a language is empty, its corresponding FSA ..... A) Does not exist. B) Has no accepting state. C) Is non-deterministic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has no accepting state. 8. Chomsky virtually reduces language to its grammar A) Reductionalism. B) Grammar. C) Essentialism. D) Competence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reductionalism. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesChomsky Language Quiz 1Language Acquisition Theories Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books