Linguists define the ____ as the smallest free form found in language.

The things that linguists consider as possibly being innate in language learning include ____.

中国大学MOOC: Now linguists have known the specific origins of human languages.

中国大学MOOC: Linguists give priority to the spoken language instead of the written language because_________.

The structural linguists hold that the habits of the students’ native language are thought to______with their attempts to master the foreign language.

Very few linguists in China are in favor of ( ) Chinese characters. A: strengthening B: straightening C: simplifying D: shortening

Linguists found that it would be possible to give an adequate description of meaning even if the context of language use was left unconsidered.（ ）

Linguists define the ____ as the smallest free form found in language. A: morpheme B: phoneme C: word D: allomorph

In the opinion of Palmer and some other linguists of his time,______ played one of the most important roles in foreign language learning.

中国大学MOOC: The linguists try to discover and record the rules to which the members of a language community actually conform. It is a _________ study.