Exam 9: Language and Communication

The smallest unit of sound that carries unattached meaning in a language is called a/an _______________.

What kinds of information are transmitted through the gesture-call system?

Distinct male and female patterns of speech are called:

The existence of over 200 words for the potato that reflects the potato's many uses in the Aymara language of highland Bolivia and Peru is an example of:

The smallest unit of sound that can make a difference in meaning is called a:

What does Noam Chomsky mean when he says that language is a dialect without an army?

Which of the following is the least significant for learning in humans?

What was the purpose of wampum belts?

Changing from one mode of speech to another as the situation demands, whether from one language to another or from one dialect of a language to another is called:

The United Nations has proclaimed the period 2003 to 2012 as the _______________ Decade.

_______________ is unique to human language because it refers to abstract concepts removed from time and place.

Which of the following is not a Latin-derived Romance language?

Ethnolinguistics is part of historical linguistics.

In the word "heated," how many morphemes are there?

Define "descriptive linguistics."

All human languages use the same set of sounds.

Compare and contrast signals and symbols. Give examples of each.

Why is speech unique to humans?

Technically, all dialects are:

Which of the following pairs of languages does not distinguish between masculine and feminine nouns?