Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

A) Wernicke's aphasia 
B) Acquired dyslexia 
C) Echolalia 
D) Autism

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

A) abilities. 
B) desires. 
C) a future action. 
D) reasons.

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

A) lexigrams 
B) hand signs 
C) a keyboard 
D) English

Question 4

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 ___.

Accepted Answer

A) metaphors 
B) cooperative principles 
C) indirect requests 
D) speech acts

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

A) Oblique request 
B) Oblique speech act 
C) Indirect request 
D) Indirect speech act

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

A) quantity. 
B) quality. 
C) relation. 
D) manner.

Question 7

List and explain the various conversational postulates.

Accepted Answer

The answer of List and explain the various conversational postulates....

Question 8

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.

Accepted Answer

A) quantity 
B) quality 
C) relation 
D) manner

Question 9

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?

Accepted Answer

The answer of A family friend of yours is considering...

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

A) Pidgin 
B) Creole 
C) Dialect 
D) Language

Question 11

A person who speaks more than one language is

Accepted Answer

A) bilingual. 
B) monolingual. 
C) dualingual. 
D) unilingual.

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

A) simile. 
B) malapropism. 
C) metaphor. 
D) comparator.

Question 13

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.

Accepted Answer

A) reversal 
B) malapropism 
C) spoonerism 
D) preservation

Question 14

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?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Based on Deborah Tannen's research on male-female...

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

A) absolutism 
B) relativity 
C) universality 
D) contextualism

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

A) dual-system hypothesis. 
B) single-system hypothesis. 
C) linguistic relativity hypothesis. 
D) linguistic universals hypothesis.

Question 17

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.

Accepted Answer

A) quantity 
B) quality 
C) relation 
D) manner

Question 18

What evidence supports the existence of linguistic universals?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What evidence supports the existence of linguistic...

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

A) Men and women tend to have similar amounts of lateralization. 
B) Men tend to use their right hemisphere more than women. 
C) Women tend to use both hemispheres more equally than men. 
D) Women localize phonological processing more than men.

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

A) political views. 
B) sources of personal pride. 
C) fears. 
D) what they like about the other person.

Exam 10: Language in Context