Exam 11: Communication: Sharing What We Need to Know

Cognates are words:

The "able" in "reasonable" Is an example of a:

What do we mean when we say human language is referential? Why is this important?

The one feature shared by human language and the communication system of the bees is:

Vocal tract reconstructions show that the tract of the australopithecines was like that of:

Which of the following language features has been shown to be directly related to the cultural system that uses the language?

What kinds of evidence have been examined to try to determine the time of origin of modern human language? What answer to this question do these suggest?

The fact that human language is made up of sounds that are combined into many units of meaning is called:

Chimpanzees and other apes have brains complex enough to learn the rudiments of human language because:

Being able to communicate about things not present in space or time is called:

What is the evidence that apes taught to sign or use symbols on a computer are communicating in a real human language?

What major type of evidence do we use in trying to classify and reconstruct languages?

Why have attempts to teach apes to speak human language failed?

The features of a society's language are most directly related to:

Under what circumstances does it appear that writing was invented?

Address the claim that written languages are more advanced that unwritten ones.

About how many different languages are spoken in the world today?