Question 1

A key feature of language that helps explain anthropologists' continued interest in studying it is that it

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A) enables us to compare human and nonhuman primate linguistic grammars. 
B) tells us a lot about the present, although nothing about the past. 
C) is always changing. 
D) helps them distinguish between the more and less evolved human races. 
E) rarely changes, so it provides a good window into linguistic uses of the past. 
A) enables us to compare human and nonhuman primate linguistic grammars. 
B) tells us a lot about the present, although nothing about the past. 
C) is always changing. 
D) helps them distinguish between the more and less evolved human races. 
E) rarely changes, so it provides a good window into linguistic uses of the past. C

Question 2

All human nonverbal communication is instinctive, not influenced by cultural factors.

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

Problems arise with contemporary means of communication, such as texting and online messaging, because much of what we communicate is a nonverbal reflection of emotional states.

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A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

What term refers to languages that have descended from the same ancestral language?

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A) F2 languages 
B) sibling languages 
C) daughter languages 
D) brother languages 
E) protolanguages 
A) F2 languages 
B) sibling languages 
C) daughter languages 
D) brother languages 
E) protolanguages

Question 5

When does copula deletion (absence of the verb "to be") occur in AAVE?

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A) where SE has contractions 
B) randomly 
C) in the past tense 
D) in the future tense 
E) in SE, not AAVE 
A) where SE has contractions 
B) randomly 
C) in the past tense 
D) in the future tense 
E) in SE, not AAVE

Question 6

Historical linguists use linguistic similarities and differences in the world today to study long-term changes in language.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Just as in other areas of anthropology, the study of language involves investigating what is or isn't shared across human populations and why these differences or similarities exist.The linguist Noam Chomsky has argued that the human brain contains a limited set of rules for organizing language, so that all languages have a common structural basis.He calls this set of rules

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A) the evolutionary linguistic imprint. 
B) linguistic structuralism. 
C) generalities. 
D) a global mental map. 
E) the universal grammar. 
A) the evolutionary linguistic imprint. 
B) linguistic structuralism. 
C) generalities. 
D) a global mental map. 
E) the universal grammar.

Question 8

What is linguistic relativity? Illustrate how it applies to languages and to dialects of English.

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Linguistic relativity, also known as the

Question 9

The lexicon of a language is

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A) a dictionary containing all of its morphemes and their meanings. 
B) its degree of complexity. 
C) the set of rules that govern the written but not spoken language. 
D) its symbolic and poetic value. 
E) the range of speech sounds. 
A) a dictionary containing all of its morphemes and their meanings. 
B) its degree of complexity. 
C) the set of rules that govern the written but not spoken language. 
D) its symbolic and poetic value. 
E) the range of speech sounds.

Question 10

Research on the communication skills of nonhuman primates reveals their inability to refer to objects that are not immediately present in their environment, such as food and danger.The ability to describe things and events that are not present is called

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A) cultural transmission. 
B) displacement. 
C) linguistic imagination. 
D) phonology. 
E) productivity. 
A) cultural transmission. 
B) displacement. 
C) linguistic imagination. 
D) phonology. 
E) productivity.

Question 11

What type of term is used to convey or imply a status difference between the speaker and the person being referred to or addressed?

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A) formal addresses, but sociolinguists rarely pay attention to them, because their use in a social situation is always a result of linguistic exploitation 
B) honorifics 
C) style shifts 
D) diglossia 
E) linguistic relational 
A) formal addresses, but sociolinguists rarely pay attention to them, because their use in a social situation is always a result of linguistic exploitation 
B) honorifics 
C) style shifts 
D) diglossia 
E) linguistic relational

Question 12

What is the term for the ability to create new expressions by combining other expressions?

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A) displacement 
B) diglossia 
C) productivity 
D) morphemic utility 
E) phonemic utility 
A) displacement 
B) diglossia 
C) productivity 
D) morphemic utility 
E) phonemic utility

Question 13

Words that clearly descend from the same ancestral word are known as

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A) synonyms. 
B) subgroups. 
C) homonyms. 
D) cognates. 
E) daughters. 
A) synonyms. 
B) subgroups. 
C) homonyms. 
D) cognates. 
E) daughters.

Question 14

The world's linguistic diversity has been cut in half, as measured by the number of distinct languages extant, in the past 500 years; and half the remaining languages are predicted to disappear during this century.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Which of the following statements about sociolinguists is NOT true?

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A) They are concerned more with performance than with competence. 
B) They look at society and at language. 
C) They are concerned with linguistic change. 
D) They focus on surface structure. 
E) They are more interested in the rules that govern language than the actual use of language in everyday life. 
A) They are concerned more with performance than with competence. 
B) They look at society and at language. 
C) They are concerned with linguistic change. 
D) They focus on surface structure. 
E) They are more interested in the rules that govern language than the actual use of language in everyday life.

Question 16

Phonology is the study of speech sounds.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

What term refers to the existence of "high" and "low" dialects within a single language?

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A) displacement 
B) diglossia 
C) semantics 
D) kinesics 
E) lexicon 
A) displacement 
B) diglossia 
C) semantics 
D) kinesics 
E) lexicon

Question 18

African American Vernacular English (AAVE) is an incomplete linguistic system that is able only to express thoughts and ideas related to life in inner-city communities.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Cultural-including linguistic-diversity is alive, well, and thriving in many countries.Local entrepreneurs and international companies such as Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft that capitalize on that diversity are positioned to succeed.Their success depends, however, in large part on

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A) their ability to creatively impose their product on others. 
B) their capacity to take a biocultural approach to marketing. 
C) external market forces that have little to do with people's cultural, including linguistic, preferences. 
D) their ability to hire workers from the markets they hope to enter and teach them the values of their corporate culture. 
E) their capacity to follow one of the main lessons of applied anthropology, that external inputs fit best when tailored properly to local settings. 
A) their ability to creatively impose their product on others. 
B) their capacity to take a biocultural approach to marketing. 
C) external market forces that have little to do with people's cultural, including linguistic, preferences. 
D) their ability to hire workers from the markets they hope to enter and teach them the values of their corporate culture. 
E) their capacity to follow one of the main lessons of applied anthropology, that external inputs fit best when tailored properly to local settings.

Question 20

A sociolinguist studies

Accepted Answer

A) the interaction of history and sociology. 
B) cross-cultural comparisons of phonemic distinctions. 
C) the universal grammar of language. 
D) linguistic competence. 
E) speech in its social context. 
A) the interaction of history and sociology. 
B) cross-cultural comparisons of phonemic distinctions. 
C) the universal grammar of language. 
D) linguistic competence. 
E) speech in its social context.

A key feature of language that helps explain anthropologists' continued interest in studying it is that it

All human nonverbal communication is instinctive, not influenced by cultural factors.

Problems arise with contemporary means of communication, such as texting and online messaging, because much of what we communicate is a nonverbal reflection of emotional states.

What term refers to languages that have descended from the same ancestral language?

When does copula deletion (absence of the verb "to be") occur in AAVE?

Historical linguists use linguistic similarities and differences in the world today to study long-term changes in language.

What is linguistic relativity? Illustrate how it applies to languages and to dialects of English.

The lexicon of a language is

Research on the communication skills of nonhuman primates reveals their inability to refer to objects that are not immediately present in their environment, such as food and danger.The ability to describe things and events that are not present is called

What type of term is used to convey or imply a status difference between the speaker and the person being referred to or addressed?

What is the term for the ability to create new expressions by combining other expressions?

Words that clearly descend from the same ancestral word are known as

The world's linguistic diversity has been cut in half, as measured by the number of distinct languages extant, in the past 500 years; and half the remaining languages are predicted to disappear during this century.

Which of the following statements about sociolinguists is NOT true?

Phonology is the study of speech sounds.

What term refers to the existence of "high" and "low" dialects within a single language?

African American Vernacular English (AAVE) is an incomplete linguistic system that is able only to express thoughts and ideas related to life in inner-city communities.

Cultural-including linguistic-diversity is alive, well, and thriving in many countries.Local entrepreneurs and international companies such as Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft that capitalize on that diversity are positioned to succeed.Their success depends, however, in large part on

A sociolinguist studies

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Method and Theory in Cultural Anthropology

Applying Anthropology

Ethnicity and Race

Making a Living

Political Systems

Gender

Families, Kinship, and Descent

Marriage

Religion

Arts, Media, and Sports

The World System and Colonialism

Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

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Exam 5: Language and Communication

A key feature of language that helps explain anthropologists' continued interest in studying it is that it

All human nonverbal communication is instinctive, not influenced by cultural factors.

Problems arise with contemporary means of communication, such as texting and online messaging, because much of what we communicate is a nonverbal reflection of emotional states.

What term refers to languages that have descended from the same ancestral language?

When does copula deletion (absence of the verb "to be") occur in AAVE?

Historical linguists use linguistic similarities and differences in the world today to study long-term changes in language.

What is linguistic relativity? Illustrate how it applies to languages and to dialects of English.

The lexicon of a language is

Research on the communication skills of nonhuman primates reveals their inability to refer to objects that are not immediately present in their environment, such as food and danger.The ability to describe things and events that are not present is called

What type of term is used to convey or imply a status difference between the speaker and the person being referred to or addressed?

What is the term for the ability to create new expressions by combining other expressions?

Words that clearly descend from the same ancestral word are known as

The world's linguistic diversity has been cut in half, as measured by the number of distinct languages extant, in the past 500 years; and half the remaining languages are predicted to disappear during this century.

Which of the following statements about sociolinguists is NOT true?

Phonology is the study of speech sounds.

What term refers to the existence of "high" and "low" dialects within a single language?

African American Vernacular English (AAVE) is an incomplete linguistic system that is able only to express thoughts and ideas related to life in inner-city communities.

Cultural-including linguistic-diversity is alive, well, and thriving in many countries.Local entrepreneurs and international companies such as Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft that capitalize on that diversity are positioned to succeed.Their success depends, however, in large part on

A sociolinguist studies

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Method and Theory in Cultural Anthropology

Applying Anthropology

Ethnicity and Race

Making a Living

Political Systems

Gender

Families, Kinship, and Descent

Marriage

Religion

Arts, Media, and Sports

The World System and Colonialism

Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

Filters