Language can be studied both synchronically and diachronically. The two approaches are equally favored by modern linguists.

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

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

Questions 22 ～ 25 are based on the following passage. What does the word "expert" mean A: School. B: Teachers. C: Students. D: Linguists.

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