Exam 2: Language and Communication

In "Conversation Style: Talking on the Job," Tannen notes that of all the examples of conversational-style differences between men and women that lead to troublesome outcomes,__________ has attracted the most attention of her readers.

One of the concepts that the Tiv found it necessary to reinterpret when they were told the story of Hamlet was the English category for

When the Tiv informed Laura Bohannan that she must be wrong about Hamlet's father's ghost because the dead cannot talk,they displayed what anthropologists call

When linguistic anthropologists search for minimal pairs of words from informants,they are most likely to be looking for

Phonology consists of the categories and rules for forming symbols that engage which of the Channels available to humans for communication?

According to Tannen in "Conversation Style: Talking on the Job," men often avoid asking directions because

According to Boxer in "The Military Name Game",,the U.S.Joint Chiefs of Staff created a __________ nicknamed __________ to generate names for military operations.

According to Tannen in "Conversation Style: Talking on the Job," which is not an advantage cited by men for refraining from asking questions?

In her article,"Shakespeare in the Bush," Laura Bohannan shows that

The behavior that produces vocal sounds is called

In her article "The Military Name Game," Boxer argues that at the time she wrote the article,naming military operations involved using

The phrase "tax burden" is a good example of the use of

According to Tannen in "Conversation Style: Talking on the Job," women's conversation often works at the appearance of equality.Men's conversation,on the other hand,is often directed at

Three of the following describe ways the Tiv interpreted the story of Hamlet- Which one does not?

According to Bohannan,the Tiv approved of

Minimal categories of speech sounds that serve to keep utterances apart are called

The categories and rules for combining vocal symbols are called

English speakers do not use /ng/ (the final sound in going,for example) when they speak.This behavior would best be classified as a

In "Conversation Style: Talking on the Job," Tannen argues that in the workplace

In "Conversation Style: Talking on the Job," Tannen argues that one negative consequence for women who ask questions is That they may seem