Firth did not regard language as ______.
A: a social process
B: a set of agreed-upon semiotics and signals
C: a means of doing things and making others do things
D: a means of social life
A: a social process
B: a set of agreed-upon semiotics and signals
C: a means of doing things and making others do things
D: a means of social life
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- Influenced by Malinowski, Firth regards language as a （ ） process, as a means of social life. Learning language is means of participating in ( ) activities. In essence, Firth holds that meaning is ( ). <br/>______
- Which idiom means to do similar things what others are doing or to follow the trend?
- To jump on the cart means to do similar things what others are doing or to follow the trend.
- You've got to concentrate ________ the right things and that means working hard. A: doing B: on doing C: to do D: do
- 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