Decide whether the following statements are true or false.

1. Linguistics is generally defined as the scientific study of language.

2. Linguistics studies particular language, not languages in general.

3. A scientific study of language is based on what the linguist thinks.

4. In the study of linguistics, hypotheses formed should be based on language facts and checked against the observed facts.

教师解析:

1.T.

2.F. The object of study in linguistics is language. The word language is not preceded by an article. This means that linguistics studies all language.

3.F. To understand linguistics as a science requires thinking about what science is and how scientists do research.

4.T.