Language can be used to refer to contexts removed from the immediate situations of the speaker. This feature is called （）

单项选择题Language is said to be arbitrary because there is no logical connection between （）and meanings.

A.sense
B.sounds
C.objects
D.ideas

单项选择题According to F. de Saussure, （）refers to the abstract linguistic system shared by all the mem- bers of a speech community.

A.parole
B.performance
C.langue
D.Language

单项选择题Saussure took a(n) （）view of language, while Chomsky looks at language from a （）point of view.

A.sociological…psychological
B.psychological…sociological
C.applied…pragmatic
D.semantic…linguistic

单项选择题A historical study of language is a （）study of language.

A.synchronic
B.diachronic
C.prescriptive
D.comparative

单项选择题In modern linguistics, speech is regarded as more basic than writing, because （）

A.in linguistic evolution, speech is prior to writing
B.speech plays a greater role than writing in terms of the amount of information conveyed
C.speech is always the way in which every native speaker acquires his mother tongue
D.All of the above