Exam 11: Communication

Sounds that make a critical difference in a language are referred to as __________.

As yet, anthropologists have avoided studying aspects of the mass media.

In Japan, the length of the kimono sleeve indicates __________.

What is the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis?

The feature of human language that allows people to talk about the past and the future is referred to as __________.

Language refers to __________.

Hungarian is one of the few European languages that does not belong to the Indo-European language family.

Language decay occurs when speakers abandon their language in favor of another language.

What is language and what is communication? How does nonhuman primate communication differ from that of humans?

When Muslim women in Kuwait wear a headscarf, the meaning it conveys is that the woman is an immigrant from a less-affluent Asian country.

__________ women in Kuwait communicate information about their economic class and social status by covering their heads.

Aspiration is an important phonetic feature in Hindi.

Roughly translated into English, firm snow, thickly packed snow, hard-packed snow, dry snow, hard layer snow, ice sheet, and frozen snow between other layers, are examples of snow as distinguished by the __________.

A key marker of gender coding in spoken English in the U.S. is __________.

What is the difference between language decay and language extinction?

Historical linguistics originated in the 18th century after Sir William Jones discovered similarities in the vocabulary and syntax of Sanskrit, Greek, and Latin.

Vocal communication among nonhuman primates is referred to as __________.

Culturally patterned verbal language is referred to __________.

The tongue is placed against the roof of the mouth when making a retroflex sound.

Proto Indo-European is the earliest form of the language family that includes Sanskrit and English.