The distinction between competence and performance was proposed by F. de Saussure.
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In the history of any language the writing system always came into being before the spoken form.
A. T
B. F
Human capacity for language has a genetic basis, i.e. we are all bom with the ability to acquire language and the details of a language system are genetically transmitted.
A. T
B. F
An important difference between traditional grammarians and modern lingusts in their study of language is that the former tended to over-emphasize the written form of language and encourage people to imitate the "best authors" for language usage.
A. T
B. F
The writing system of a language is always a later invention used to record speech; thus there are still many languages in today’s world that can only be spoken. but not written.
A. T
B. F