6. According to John Austin’s speech act theory, a(n) ______ act is the act performed by saying something.

A. prelocutionary                                             B. locutionary

C. illocutionary                                                D. perlocutionary

7. All the following words except ______ are the examples which can be used to illustrate semantic narrowing.

A. aunt                                                            B. wife

C. hound                                                         D. fowl

8. In many cultures, words relating to sex, sex organs, and natural bodily functions make up a larger part of ______ vocabulary.

A. gender                                                        B. euphemism

C. slang                                                           D. taboo

9. It has been proposed that brain activity would follow a definite pattern. When we speak, words are drawn from ______ and sent to ______ , which determines the details of their form and pronunciation.

A. Wernike’s area, Broca’s area                          B. Broca’s area, Wemike’s area

C. Wemike’s area, the motor area                       D. Broca’s area, the motor area

10. Generally speaking, the ______ stage of first language acquisition begins roughly in the second half of the child’s second year.

A. babbling                                                      B. one-word

C. two-word                                                    D. multiword