I- True or False.
1- Language is a symbolic system made up of units, function and relation.
2- Sound –meaning combinations are conventional.
3- The set of organizing principles that control any system can be called "rules".
4- The linguist's rules are descriptive rather than prescriptive.
5- All utterances can be thought of as goal-directed actions.

II- Fill in the space:
1- If the relationship between an object and the sign which stands for it is one of ………….. then the sign is called a symbol.
2- ……….means that the number of utterances the system can produce is infinite.
3- ……….. is the study of sound systems.
4- ………. grammar is a linguistic theory developed by Noam Chomsky in 1957.
5- Pragmatics deals with the speaker's ………. competence.
6- ……… refers to the unity of meaning in the text.
7- Languages that distinguish words by ……..are called tone languages.
8- The degree of emphasis on the vowel refers to word ………. .
9- Rhyme, assonance and alliteration are ways of creating ………cohesion.
10- The ………. morphemes also include the comparative suffix –er.
11- ……… is what we do when we speak a language or listen to others.