Who defined language as "a purely human and noninstinctive method of communicating ideas, emotions and desires by means of voluntarily produced symbols" ?
Correct answer: C. Edward Sapir
- A. Noam Chomsky
- B. Ferdinand de Saussure
- C. Edward Sapir
- D. None of the above
Explanation
Edward Sapir gave this influential definition of language in his study of linguistics and culture. Saussure defined language through the sign system and the distinction between langue and parole, not in these words.
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