Exam 4: Language and Communication

An ambitious man may be described as "forceful," but an ambitious woman might be described in a more negative manner.Which of the following terms might be used to describe an ambitious woman?

People living in nations that are bilingual or multilingual are much more likely to engage in violent ethnic conflict than are people living in nations that are monolingual.

What do all the members of a language family have in common?

What do all languages have in common?

Paralinguistic expressions such as oh-oh,shh,uh-huh,and uh-uh are learned and vary from culture to culture.

The French-English debate may be losing relevance for contemporary Canadians.Why?

Which of the goals held by anthropologists and linguists is the World Oral Literature Project most closely associated with?

Human language is always embedded in the social identity,emotional state,and intentions of the speaker.What is this form of nonverbal communication referred to as?

Which of the following statements about the world's languages is correct?

In the early 20th century,First Nations children attending residential schools were forbidden to speak their Aboriginal languages.

Black English is not just some random form of "broken-down English," intrinsically inferior to Standard English,but rather is a speech variety with its own long history and grammatical rules.

What is the term for the smallest classes of sounds that make for differences in meaning?

The films on the Netsilik Inuit made by Asen Balikci were originally designed to eliminate the ethnocentrism prevalent in U.S.history and social sciences courses through a comparative study of world cultures.Why did the Americans eventually stop using these films?

Which of the following is related to body posture as speech is to paralanguage?

How many facial expressions are humans capable of using?

Syntax refers to the rules for making phrases and sentences in a language.

According to cross-cultural research,the habitual greetings that one person gives to another are the same for all humans,regardless of culture or such factors as age,gender,or class.

A Scottish butler in an English mansion says to the lady of the house,"You may wish to stay inside today,Madam;it's quite cold outside." But when he goes back to his own cottage,he is likely to say to his wife in broad Scots,"Shut the door and get inside,Maggie;you'll freeze your buns off." In linguistics,what is this an example of?

The Quebec government periodically attempts to purge the French language of English influences such as le hamburger.What is this an example of?

The smallest units of sound that make a difference in meaning are called phonemes.