Deck 6: Linguistics, Semiotics, and Feminist Criticism

Question 1

Who introduced the concept of langue and parole in linguistics?

A)ferdinand de saussure
B)jacques derrida
C)roland barthes
D)claude de levi strauss

Answer 1

ferdinand de saussure

Question 2

The type of study of the changes in language over a span of time is called--------

A)synchronic
B)diachronic
C)semiotic
D)onomatopoeic

Answer 2

diachronic

Question 3

The type of study which focus on the analysis of the systematic interrelation of the elements of a single language at a particular time is called--------

A)synchronic
B)diachronic
C)semiotic
D)onomatopoeic

Answer 3

synchronic

Question 4

The systematic study of signs is called-----

A)semiotics
B)semiology
C)both "a" & "b"
D)neither "a" not "b"

Question 5

The term semiotics was introduced by

A)charles sanders pierce
B)ferdinand de sauddure
C)noam chomsky
D)edward sapir

Question 6

The term semiology was introduced by

A)charles sanders pierce
B)ferdinand de saussure
C)noam chomsky
D)edward sapir

Question 7

Who introduced in linguistics the concept of Langue and Parole?

A)charles sanders pierce
B)ferdinand de saussure
C)noam chomsky
D)edward sapir

Question 8

Who introduced in linguistics the concept of Competence and Performance?

A)charles sanders pierce
B)ferdinand de saussure
C)noam chomsky
D)edward sapir

Question 9

Who introduced in linguistics the concept similar to Saussure's Langue and Parole?

A)charles sanders pierce
B)leonard bloom filed.
C)noam chomsky
D)edward sapir

Question 10

Who introduced in linguistics the concept similar to Chomsky's competence and Performance?

A)charles sanders pierce
B)leonard bloom filed.
C)ferdinand de saussure.
D)edward sapir

Question 11

Which among the following implies the underlying rules governing the combination and organization of the elements of language?

A)language
B)parole
C)competence
D)both langue and competence

Question 12

Which among the following implies the actual meaningful utterance of the individual speaking or writing a given language?

A)langue
B)parole
C)performance
D)both parole and performance

Question 13

Which among the following are Saussure's major pronouncements?

A)meaning is arbitrary
B)meaning is relational
C)language constitutes reality
D)all the above

Question 14

Who is the author of the essay "Towards Feminist Poetics"?

A)elaine showalter
B)margaret fuller
C)virginia woolf
D)simon de beauvoir

Question 15

Elaine Showalter divided the history of women's literature into ----- phases

A)two
B)three
C)four
D)five

Question 16

Which among the following are the major phases of feminist criticism?

A)the feminine
B)the female
C)the feminist
D)all the above

Question 17

According to Elaine Showalter, feminist criticism can be divided in ------ varieties

A)two
B)three
C)four
D)five

Question 18

The feminist critique deals with women as ----

A)reader
B)writer
C)daughters of patriarchy
D)none of the above

Question 19

Gyno-criticism deals with women as -----

A)reader
B)writer
C)daughters of patriarchy
D)none of the above

Question 20

In which phase of feminist literature, according to Showalter women wrote in an effort to equalize the intellectual achievements of the male culture?

A)the feminine
B)the feminist
C)the female
D)none of the above

Question 21

In which phase of feminist literature, according to Showalter women rejected the accommodation postures of felinity and to use literature to dramatize the ordeals of wronged woman hood?

A)the feminine
B)the feminist.
C)the female
D)none of the above

Question 22

In which phase of feminist literature, according to Showalter, did women reject both initiation and protest?

A)the feminine
B)the feminist
C)the female
D)none of the above

Question 23

In the Female phase, women rejected both imitation and protest because they considered these two forms as----

A)dependency
B)slavery
C)fashion
D)subjugation

Question 24

In which of the following figures of speech a comparison between two distinctly different things is explicitly indicated by the word, "like" or "as"

A)simile
B)metaphor
C)synecdoche
D)metonymy

Question 25

In which of the following figures of speech, a word or expression that in literal usage denotes one thing is applied to a distinctly different kind of thing without asserting a comparison?

A)simile
B)metaphor
C)synecdoche
D)metonymy