language is a system of _________ ____ symbols used for human communication. 2. Linguistics is generally defined as the _______ study of ________. 3. If a linguistic study describes and analyses the language people actually use, it is said to be _____________; if it aims to lay down rules for “correct” behavior, it is said to be _____________. 4. In modern linguistics, _______ study seems to enjoy priority over____ study. T he reason is that successful studies of various states of a language would be the foundation of a historical study. 5. Langue refers to the _______ linguistic system shared by all members of a speech community; and parole refers to the ________ of langue in actual use. 6. Chomsky defines competence as the ideal ’ s user ’ s ______ of the rules of his language, and performance, the actual _________ of this knowledge in linguistic communication . 7. ” A rose by any other name would smell as sweet ” . This famous quotation from Shakespeare illustrates that language has the design feature of _____. 8. The property of __________ of language provides a speaker with an opportunity to talk about a wide range of things, free from barriers caused by separation in time and place. 9. Language is a system, which consists of two sets of structures, one of ________, and the other of _________. T his double articulation of language enables its users to talk about anything within their knowledge. 10. An English speaker and a Chinese speaker are both able to use language, but they are not mutually intelligible, which shows that language is culturally _________.