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1. A re-statement of a participant's meaning that is easier to understand is called a: |
| | A) | dialogue |
| | B) | worldview |
| | C) | paraphrase |
| | D) | myth |
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Significant sounds in language are known as: |
| | A) | syntax |
| | B) | phonemes |
| | C) | clans |
| | D) | dialects |
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The arrangement of meaningful sounds and words in expressions is called: |
| | A) | semantics |
| | B) | phonemes |
| | C) | connotations |
| | D) | syntax |
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The analysis of meaning in words and sentences is known as: |
| | A) | semantics |
| | B) | syntax |
| | C) | dialects |
| | D) | dialogue |
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What term describes the background knowledge assumed on the part of speakers of a language? |
| | A) | phonemics |
| | B) | cultural presuppositions |
| | C) | paraphrases |
| | D) | cultural preferences |
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Words or phrases that extend meanings by suggesting that something is "like" something else are called: |
| | A) | metonyms |
| | B) | metaphors |
| | C) | connotations |
| | D) | explicit |
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Words or phrases that transfer meaning by substituting the part to mean the whole are called: |
| | A) | paraphrases |
| | B) | metaphors |
| | C) | semantics |
| | D) | metonyms |
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When someone is named by reference to another person, this is called: |
| | A) | teknonymy |
| | B) | transnonymy |
| | C) | polygamy |
| | D) | cultural presuppositions |
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What term defines formal behavior composed of symbolic acts, utterances, and objects which express belief in important truths? |
| | A) | symbol |
| | B) | metaphors |
| | C) | ritual |
| | D) | myth |
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Which of the following is NOT one of the three tasks performed by ritual symbols as proposed by Victor Turner? Ritual symbols: |
| | A) | merge ideas with emotions to inspire participants to do the obligatory |
| | B) | condense complex meaning into something brief, portable, and accessible |
| | C) | define the meaning as the same for each person viewing ritual symbols |
| | D) | unify diverse meanings so that important concepts with unrelated meanings are shown to be connected |
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What term describes a narrative, often involving supernatural beings, actions, or events, which expresses popular ideas about nature and society? |
| | A) | holistic |
| | B) | ritual |
| | C) | genealogy |
| | D) | myth |
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A set of ideas and assumptions about the way the world works, is also known as a: |
| | A) | worldview |
| | B) | symbol |
| | C) | metonym |
| | D) | global myth |
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Residents, officials, and mockers calling the NEPCO oil spill a "jaws phenomenon" is an example of a: |
| | A) | totemic ancestor |
| | B) | key scenario |
| | C) | root metaphor |
| | D) | ritual |
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In a cultural ideology, the symbolic forms that describe actions considered correct and successful are called: |
| | A) | root metaphors |
| | B) | key scenarios |
| | C) | socio-natural systems |
| | D) | cultural adaptations |
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The belief that impersonal supernatural forces affect the natural world is known as: |
| | A) | deity |
| | B) | egalitarianism |
| | C) | magic |
| | D) | exogamy |
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