Question 1

In English,what proportion of emotional information is NOT transmitted by spoken words alone?

Accepted Answer

A)  25 percent 
B)  50 percent 
C)  70 percent 
D)  90 percent

Question 2

Would it be accurate to claim language as a distinguishing feature of Homo sapiens? Why,or why not? What evidence exists for the uniqueness or non-uniqueness of human language?

Accepted Answer

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Question 3

Discuss the consequences of efforts either to suppress or to preserve and encourage Canadian Aboriginal languages.

Accepted Answer

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Question 4

What problems have been encountered in attempting to understand the origins of language?

Accepted Answer

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Question 5

Approximately how many different languages are used in the world today?

Accepted Answer

A)  100,000 
B)  6,000 
C)  1,000 
D)  100

Question 6

Asen Balikci's Netsilik Inuit film series was removed from U.S.school curricula,because educators and the public failed to understand the educational value of the series.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The smallest combinations of sound that have meaning in a language are called words.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which of the following do we depend on for the transmission of culture?

Accepted Answer

A)  signals 
B)  imitation 
C)  vocalization 
D)  language

Question 9

What does core vocabulary include?

Accepted Answer

A)  names of places 
B)  names of body parts 
C)  names of plant species 
D)  names of gods

Question 10

How is language linked to gender? Use examples from the text and add two different examples of your own.

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Question 11

In a courtroom,which term would best characterize a study of how a witness gives testimony,as opposed to what the witness actually says while testifying?

Accepted Answer

A)  proxemics 
B)  paralanguage 
C)  faming 
D)  abstractions

Question 12

Approximately how many sounds are generally used in spoken language?

Accepted Answer

A)  10 
B)  25 
C)  50 
D)  100

Question 13

What do attempts to teach ASL to chimpanzees,gorillas,and orangutans suggest?

Accepted Answer

A)  Chimpanzees are the most intelligent of all the great apes. 
B)  Only gorillas have comprehension skills. 
C)  Acquisition of language occurs in the same order for both apes and humans. 
D)  Great apes can develop language skills at least to the level of a nine-year-old human.

Question 14

According to the hypothesis developed by Sapir and Whorf,if you had only one word to describe what English-speakers call "red" and "yellow," you would not be likely to perceive the shades of red and yellow in a sunset.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Like humans,the great apes display evidence of displacement when using ASL.What is this phenomenon best described as?

Accepted Answer

A)  communicating about things and events removed in time and space 
B)  forgetting what has been communicated 
C)  applying labels to objects so as to form categories 
D)  using such terms as sorry and please

Question 16

Which term refers to the study of the structure and use of language as it relates to its social setting?

Accepted Answer

A)  descriptive linguistics 
B)  contextual linguistics 
C)  code switching 
D)  sociolinguistics

Question 17

Two people say to you,"What a great idea." They are saying the same words,yet you can tell that one person is being enthusiastic and the other disinterested.What is this an example of?

Accepted Answer

A)  vocal qualifiers 
B)  vocal characteristics 
C)  voice segregates 
D)  voice qualities

Question 18

How many bound morphemes are there in the word "unhurriedly"?

Accepted Answer

A)  none 
B)  one 
C)  two 
D)  three

Question 19

Which of the following best defines the term "oral literature"?

Accepted Answer

A)  any form of print literature that is delivered orally 
B)  any form of folktale which is transmitted orally or delivered by word of mouth 
C)  any form of verbal art which is transmitted orally or delivered by word of mouth 
D)  any form of literature that is captured on tape

Question 20

Many endangered languages and associated oral traditions are unwritten and undocumented.As a result,what will most likely be the outcome?

Accepted Answer

A)  Some trace of them will always exist no matter what. 
B)  There will be only recorded versions once the language becomes extinct. 
C)  There will be only written versions once the language becomes extinct. 
D)  There will be no trace of the oral tradition once the language becomes extinct.

Exam 4: Language and Communication

In English,what proportion of emotional information is NOT transmitted by spoken words alone?

Would it be accurate to claim language as a distinguishing feature of Homo sapiens? Why,or why not? What evidence exists for the uniqueness or non-uniqueness of human language?

Discuss the consequences of efforts either to suppress or to preserve and encourage Canadian Aboriginal languages.

What problems have been encountered in attempting to understand the origins of language?

Approximately how many different languages are used in the world today?

Asen Balikci's Netsilik Inuit film series was removed from U.S.school curricula,because educators and the public failed to understand the educational value of the series.

The smallest combinations of sound that have meaning in a language are called words.

Which of the following do we depend on for the transmission of culture?

What does core vocabulary include?

How is language linked to gender? Use examples from the text and add two different examples of your own.

In a courtroom,which term would best characterize a study of how a witness gives testimony,as opposed to what the witness actually says while testifying?

Approximately how many sounds are generally used in spoken language?

What do attempts to teach ASL to chimpanzees,gorillas,and orangutans suggest?

According to the hypothesis developed by Sapir and Whorf,if you had only one word to describe what English-speakers call "red" and "yellow," you would not be likely to perceive the shades of red and yellow in a sunset.

Like humans,the great apes display evidence of displacement when using ASL.What is this phenomenon best described as?

Which term refers to the study of the structure and use of language as it relates to its social setting?

Two people say to you,"What a great idea." They are saying the same words,yet you can tell that one person is being enthusiastic and the other disinterested.What is this an example of?

How many bound morphemes are there in the word "unhurriedly"?

Which of the following best defines the term "oral literature"?

Many endangered languages and associated oral traditions are unwritten and undocumented.As a result,what will most likely be the outcome?