Exam 4: Language and Communication

What term refers to the arrangement and order of words in phrases and sentences?

Which linguist has argued that all human languages have a common structural basis and that all humans have similar linguistic abilities?

What are the three key characteristics of human language? Discuss whether call systems and ASL-using nonhuman primates display these characteristics.

Labov argued that all humans share a universal grammar.

The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis suggests that speakers of simple languages are unable to think in sophisticated ways.

Berlin and Kay's (1969/1992) cross-linguistic study of color terminology revealed that

Sociolinguistics has demonstrated that men lack the linguistic capacity to distinguish between slight variations in color.

Creole languages are commonly found in regions where different linguistic groups came into contact with one another.

The study of sounds used in speech is known as

The Romance languages (e.g., French, Spanish) belong to which of the following language families?

What is the term for all of a language's morphemes and their meanings?

A close relationship between languages does not necessarily mean that their speakers are closely related biologically or culturally.

All languages and dialects are equally effective as systems of communication.

BEV is a distinct language.

In which region of the United States do people not speak with an accent?

The term diglossia is used to refer to linguistic groups that use only two basic color terms (black and white or dark and light).

The study of the forms in which sounds combine to form words and their meaningful parts is known as

Regular shifting between "high" and "low" variants of a language is known as

The frequency with which people smile varies cross-culturally.

How do people communicate without speaking?