Question 1

Ethnosemantics studies how different members of different linguistic groups organize, categorize, and classify their experiences and perceptions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

When does copula deletion (absence of the verb "to be") occur in BEV?

Accepted Answer

A)  where SE has contractions 
B)  randomly 
C)  in the past tense 
D)  in the future tense 
E)  in SE, not BEV 
A)  where SE has contractions 
B)  randomly 
C)  in the past tense 
D)  in the future tense 
E)  in SE, not BEV A

Question 3

What is pidgin?

Accepted Answer

A)  A partial language that results from primitive tribes' attempts to learn the language of a modern industrialized state. 
B)  A mixed language that develops to ease communication between members of different cultures in contact, usually in situations of trade or colonial domination. 
C)  A rhythmic sublanguage present in any human language as the result of a universally shared mutation. 
D)  A set of languages believed to be most like the original human language, spoken by a small population of Indian Ocean islanders. 
E)  Metalanguage developed by computer programmers that has yielded valuable insights into the workings of the human brain. 
A)  A partial language that results from primitive tribes' attempts to learn the language of a modern industrialized state. 
B)  A mixed language that develops to ease communication between members of different cultures in contact, usually in situations of trade or colonial domination. 
C)  A rhythmic sublanguage present in any human language as the result of a universally shared mutation. 
D)  A set of languages believed to be most like the original human language, spoken by a small population of Indian Ocean islanders. 
E)  Metalanguage developed by computer programmers that has yielded valuable insights into the workings of the human brain. B

Question 4

All human nonverbal communication is instinctive, not influenced by cultural factors.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What term refers to the existence of "high" and "low" dialects within a single language?

Accepted Answer

A)  displacement 
B)  diglossia 
C)  semantics 
D)  kinesics 
E)  lexicon 
A)  displacement 
B)  diglossia 
C)  semantics 
D)  kinesics 
E)  lexicon

Question 6

Recent genetic research suggests that a speech-friendly mutation took hold in humans around 150,000 years ago, thus conferring selective advantages (linguistic and cultural abilities) that allowed those who had it to spread it, at the expense of those who did not.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

What terms are used to convey or imply a status difference between the speaker and the person being referred to or addressed?

Accepted Answer

A)  formal addresses, but sociolinguists rarely pay attention to them, because their use in a social situation is always a result of linguistic exploitation 
B)  honorifics 
C)  style shifts 
D)  diglossia 
E)  linguistic relativity 
A)  formal addresses, but sociolinguists rarely pay attention to them, because their use in a social situation is always a result of linguistic exploitation 
B)  honorifics 
C)  style shifts 
D)  diglossia 
E)  linguistic relativity

Question 8

Studies investigating differences in the way men and women talk are examples of sociolinguistics.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

What is the term for the variations in speech due to different contexts or situations?

Accepted Answer

A)  linguistic confusion 
B)  situational syntax 
C)  contextual phonetics 
D)  Chomskian verbosity 
E)  style shifting 
A)  linguistic confusion 
B)  situational syntax 
C)  contextual phonetics 
D)  Chomskian verbosity 
E)  style shifting

Question 10

What is an example of what Bourdieu calls symbolic domination in the context of language use?

Accepted Answer

A)  in an egalitarian society, the promotion of linguistic diversity 
B)  pride in one's linguistic heritage, regardless of what the majority thinks 
C)  the fact that in a stratified society, even people who do not speak the prestige dialect tend to accept it as standard or superior 
D)  focal vocabulary contrasts among groups 
E)  Chomsky's insistence that the universal grammar defines all culture 
A)  in an egalitarian society, the promotion of linguistic diversity 
B)  pride in one's linguistic heritage, regardless of what the majority thinks 
C)  the fact that in a stratified society, even people who do not speak the prestige dialect tend to accept it as standard or superior 
D)  focal vocabulary contrasts among groups 
E)  Chomsky's insistence that the universal grammar defines all culture

Question 11

The lexicon of a language is

Accepted Answer

A)  a dictionary containing all of its morphemes and their meanings. 
B)  its degree of complexity. 
C)  the set of rules that govern the written but not spoken language. 
D)  its symbolic and poetic value. 
E)  the range of speech sounds. 
A)  a dictionary containing all of its morphemes and their meanings. 
B)  its degree of complexity. 
C)  the set of rules that govern the written but not spoken language. 
D)  its symbolic and poetic value. 
E)  the range of speech sounds.

Question 12

What is linguistic relativity? Illustrate how it applies to languages and to dialects of English.

Accepted Answer

Linguistic relativity, also known as the

Question 13

Problems arise with contemporary means of communication, such as texting and online messaging, because much of what we communicate is a nonverbal reflection of emotional states.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The world's linguistic diversity has been cut in half, as measured by the number of distinct languages extant, in the past 500 years, and half of the remaining languages are predicted to disappear during this century.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

________ refers to the specialized set of terms and distinctions that are particularly important to certain groups.

Accepted Answer

A)  Syntactical vocabulary 
B)  Spatial vocabulary 
C)  Focal vocabulary 
D)  Vernacular vocabulary 
E)  Temporal vocabulary 
A)  Syntactical vocabulary 
B)  Spatial vocabulary 
C)  Focal vocabulary 
D)  Vernacular vocabulary 
E)  Temporal vocabulary

Question 16

Black English Vernacular (BEV) is an incomplete linguistic system that is able only to express thoughts and ideas related to life in inner-city communities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Language and communication involve much more than just verbal speech. The study of communication through body movements, stances, gestures, and facial expressions is known as

Accepted Answer

A)  linguistic physiology. 
B)  biosemantics. 
C)  kinesics. 
D)  protolinguistics. 
E)  diglossia. 
A)  linguistic physiology. 
B)  biosemantics. 
C)  kinesics. 
D)  protolinguistics. 
E)  diglossia.

Question 18

What are some ways in which linguistics can aid archaeologists, biological anthropologists, and sociocultural anthropologists who are interested in history?

Accepted Answer

Linguistics can aid archaeologists, biol

Question 19

What are honorifics? Why are sociolinguists interested in their use in context? In your everyday life, do you ever use honorifics? What does their use, or lack of use, imply about your relationships to others?

Accepted Answer

Honorifics are titles or forms of addres

Question 20

Animal call systems exhibit linguistic productivity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 14: Language and Communication

Ethnosemantics studies how different members of different linguistic groups organize, categorize, and classify their experiences and perceptions.

When does copula deletion (absence of the verb "to be") occur in BEV?

What is pidgin?

All human nonverbal communication is instinctive, not influenced by cultural factors.

What term refers to the existence of "high" and "low" dialects within a single language?

Recent genetic research suggests that a speech-friendly mutation took hold in humans around 150,000 years ago, thus conferring selective advantages (linguistic and cultural abilities) that allowed those who had it to spread it, at the expense of those who did not.

What terms are used to convey or imply a status difference between the speaker and the person being referred to or addressed?

Studies investigating differences in the way men and women talk are examples of sociolinguistics.

What is the term for the variations in speech due to different contexts or situations?

What is an example of what Bourdieu calls symbolic domination in the context of language use?

The lexicon of a language is

What is linguistic relativity? Illustrate how it applies to languages and to dialects of English.

Problems arise with contemporary means of communication, such as texting and online messaging, because much of what we communicate is a nonverbal reflection of emotional states.

The world's linguistic diversity has been cut in half, as measured by the number of distinct languages extant, in the past 500 years, and half of the remaining languages are predicted to disappear during this century.

________ refers to the specialized set of terms and distinctions that are particularly important to certain groups.

Black English Vernacular (BEV) is an incomplete linguistic system that is able only to express thoughts and ideas related to life in inner-city communities.

Language and communication involve much more than just verbal speech. The study of communication through body movements, stances, gestures, and facial expressions is known as

What are some ways in which linguistics can aid archaeologists, biological anthropologists, and sociocultural anthropologists who are interested in history?

What are honorifics? Why are sociolinguists interested in their use in context? In your everyday life, do you ever use honorifics? What does their use, or lack of use, imply about your relationships to others?

Animal call systems exhibit linguistic productivity.

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The First Farmers

The First Cities and States

Method and Theory in Cultural Anthropology

Ethnicity and Race

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