Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

A) Syntax 
B) Lexicon 
C) Grammar 
D) Phonology 
E) Morphology

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

A) Edward Sapir 
B) Benjamin Lee Whorf 
C) William Labov 
D) Noam Chomsky 
E) Deborah Tannen

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

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Question 4

Labov argued that all humans share a universal grammar.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

A) basic color terms tended to evolve in a particular order. 
B) color terminology was least developed in areas with a history of using dyes and artificial coloring. 
C) all languages included sixteen basic color terms. 
D) the languages of cultivators in Papua New Guinea and foragers in Australia had more basic color terms than did European and Asian languages. 
E) there are only two basic color terms, black and white.

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The study of sounds used in speech is known as

Accepted Answer

A) historical linguistics. 
B) sociolinguistics. 
C) phonology. 
D) morphology. 
E) ebonics.

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

A) Mixe-Zoque 
B) Indo-European 
C) North Caucasian 
D) Dravidian 
E) Austro-Asiatic

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

A) Syntax 
B) Lexicon 
C) Ethnosemantics 
D) Ethnoscience 
E) Phonology

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

BEV is a distinct language.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

A) New England 
B) West Coast 
C) Southeast 
D) Midwest 
E) Regional speech variations exist throughout the United States.

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

A) phonology. 
B) syntax. 
C) morphology. 
D) lexicon. 
E) grammar.

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 19

The frequency with which people smile varies cross-culturally.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

How do people communicate without speaking?

Accepted Answer

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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?