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All of the following is true about human language, except that it: |
| | A) | permits the discussion of past and future |
| | B) | is based on an arbitrary association between words and the things for which they stand |
| | C) | is produced only when particular environmental stimuli are encountered |
| | D) | relies almost totally on learning |
| | E) | allows one to benefit from other's experiences |
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Nonhuman primates who were taught ASL showed that they were capable of which of the following? |
| | A) | linguistic productivity |
| | B) | linguistic displacement |
| | C) | the ability to teach the language to non-speakers |
| | D) | gesticular language |
| | E) | all of the above |
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When the gorilla, Koko, expressed sorrow about having bitten someone three days earlier, she demonstrated the capacity for: |
| | A) | displacement |
| | B) | call system |
| | C) | focal vocabulary |
| | D) | productivity |
| | E) | diglossia |
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All of the following signs have meanings that are particular to certain cultures, except: |
| | A) | nodding head |
| | B) | pointing finger |
| | C) | smile |
| | D) | saying "uh huh" |
| | E) | shaking head |
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Which of the following is commonly used to communicate status differences in Madagascar? |
| | A) | bowing |
| | B) | falsetto voice |
| | C) | limp handshake |
| | D) | lowering of one's head |
| | E) | none of the above |
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Which term refers to "the study of the significant sound contrasts of a given language"? |
| | A) | phonology |
| | B) | morphology |
| | C) | phonetics |
| | D) | phonemics |
| | E) | none of the above |
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What term refers to "a sound contrast that makes a difference to meaning"? |
| | A) | morpheme |
| | B) | lexicon |
| | C) | syntax |
| | D) | phoneme |
| | E) | none of the above |
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The English word "cat" contains two _________, "ca" and "-t". |
| | A) | morphemes |
| | B) | lexicons |
| | C) | syntaxes |
| | D) | phonemes |
| | E) | none of the above |
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The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis states that: |
| | A) | The grammatical categories of different languages lead their speakers to think about things in particular ways. |
| | B) | There are ten basic color terms which evolve in a set order. |
| | C) | The chimpanzees that are capable of ASL are more like trained circus animals and do not really show the capacity of language. |
| | D) | Human brains contain a limited set of rules for organizing language so that all languages have a common structural basis. |
| | E) | Gorillas have the capacity of speech, as demonstrated by the gorilla Koko. |
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Berlin and Kay's study, in which they determined that there are ten basic color terms which appear in languages in a consistent order, is an example of the study of: |
| | A) | morphology |
| | B) | sociolinguistics |
| | C) | phonetics |
| | D) | focal vocabulary |
| | E) | ethnosemantics |
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The use of a falsetto voice by women in Japan is an example of: |
| | A) | diglossia |
| | B) | style shift |
| | C) | ethnosemantics |
| | D) | call system |
| | E) | none of the above |
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According to the principle of linguistic relativity: |
| | A) | Human brains contain a limited set of rule for organizing language so that all languages have a common structural basis. |
| | B) | All languages are daughter languages of proto-Indo-European. |
| | C) | All dialects are equally effective as systems of communication. |
| | D) | The proper language is a strategic resource to its user. |
| | E) | All languages are equally valid for study by linguistic anthropologists. |
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According to the textbook, all of the following are true about Black English Vernacular, except that it is: |
| | A) | systematic and rule-governed |
| | B) | less capable of communication than Standard English |
| | C) | a relatively uniform dialect spoken by the majority of black youth in most parts of the United States |
| | D) | able to differentiate between past and present verbs |
| | E) | related to the dialect of English commonly used in the southern United States |
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Languages that have descended from the same language are called: |
| | A) | historical linguistics |
| | B) | daughter languages |
| | C) | protolanguages |
| | D) | linguistic subgroups |
| | E) | proto-Indo-European |
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All of the following are true about communication via AIT (Advanced Information Technology), except: |
| | A) | Cyberspeak is usually less formal than print. |
| | B) | Communication via AIT will mostly be used to facilitate communication among affinity groups. |
| | C) | Cyberspeak language is less precise and less fixed than in print. |
| | D) | Class anonymity is fully possible in AIT communication. |
| | E) | Access to AIT is disproportionately high among certain ages, ethnicities, nationalities, and incomes. |
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