Exam 10: Language in Context

This disorder is characterized by abnormalities in social behavior,language,and cognition.

The statement "Can you pass me the salt?" is an example of an indirect speech act that emphasizes

In one exploration of language,Koko,the gorilla,was taught to use __________ to communicate.

In order to talk to each other versus talking past one another,we often setup our conversations such that it is easy for our listener to understand the intended message.Doing so is making use of ___.

__________ refers to a form of speech in which the person makes a request in an oblique manner.

When Tom said to Mary,"I think we need to talk about our relationship," Mary said casually,"The weather sure is beautiful!" Mary's answer illustrates a violation of the conversational maxim of

List and explain the various conversational postulates.

According to Grice (1967),the maxim of __________ refers to the expectation that a person's contribution to a conversation is truthful,reflecting what the person believes to be the case.

A family friend of yours is considering the cognitive advantages of raising her children bilingual.Based on the research on the potential positive effects of bilingualism given some conditions,what kind of advice would you give her family?

__________ refers to a regional variety of a language distinguished by features such as vocabulary,grammar,and pronunciation.

A person who speaks more than one language is

The sentence,"She was as quiet as a mouse," is an example of a

A history instructor says to a student,"You have hissed all my mystery lectures." Most likely she has just committed this type of speech error.

Based on Deborah Tannen's research on male-female conversation,what advice would you give to a heterosexual couple that was showing clear signs of distress due to their gender-specific conversational styles?

Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Wharf were most forceful in propagating the linguistic __________ hypothesis.

In one experiment participants are given a set of drawings to remember.Half of the participants are given ambiguous drawings that are labeled and half are given ambiguous drawings that are not labeled.In the subsequent memory test,participants are asked to draw the figures;drawings from the "labeled" group look more like the label than drawings from the "unlabeled" group.Results like these support the

According to Grice (1967),the maxim of _________ refers to making a contribution to a conversation as informative as required,but no more informative than is appropriate.

What evidence supports the existence of linguistic universals?

Which of the following statements most accurately describes how lateralization of linguistic functioning differs between men and women?

Research suggests that young women,more than young men,prefer to talk about