中国大学MOOC: According to the functional view, each language has a finite number of structural items. To Learn a language means to learn these structural items so as to be able to understand and produce language.

Which of the following does not belong to the basic views on language? A: Structural view B: Functional view C: Cognitive view D: Interactional view

The ______ view sees language as a linguistic system made up of various subsystems: from phonological, morphological, lexical, etc.

Language is generative. Out of a finite number of grammatical rules in the system, we can produce an infinite number of sentences. This is ________ view of language. A: structural view B: functional view C: interactional view D: cognitive view

What does the functional view of language see language? A: a system of categories based on the communicative needs of the learner B: a communicative tool to build up and maintain social relations between people C: a linguistic system made up of various subsystems D: a linguistic system and a means for doing things