Chapter 11 Communication: Sharing What We Need To Know
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- 1.The one feature shared by human language and the communication system of the bees is:
- A.
Displacement
- B.
Duality
- C.
Productivity
- D.
Arbitrariness
- 2.Being able to communicate about things not present in space or time is called:
- A.
Displacement
- B.
Duality
- C.
Productivity
- D.
Arbitrariness
- 3.The fact that human language is made up of sounds that are combined into many units of meaning is called:
- A.
Displacement
- B.
Duality
- C.
Productivity
- D.
Arbitrariness
- 4.The fact that human language can generate a virtually infinite number of combinations of units of meaning is called:
- A.
Displacement
- B.
Duality
- C.
Productivity
- D.
Arbitrariness
- 5.When we say human language is arbitrary we mean:
- A.
It is actually without much meaning
- B.
We make up the rules of language as we go along
- C.
A language has no relationship to the culture that uses it
- D.
It uses symbolic representations of meanings
- 6.Human language seems to be best described as:
- A.
Entirely a cultural phenomenon
- B.
Largely biologically based
- C.
An interaction between biological potential and cultural input
- D.
A built-in instinctive set of responses set off by particular environmental stimuli
- 7.The individual sounds used in a language are called:
- A.
Morphemes
- B.
Phonemes
- C.
Alleles
- D.
Letters
- 8.The units of meaning in a language are called:
- A.
Morphemes
- B.
Phonemes
- C.
Alleles
- D.
Letters
- 9.The "able" in "reasonable" is an example of a:
- A.
Phoneme
- B.
Morpheme
- C.
Prefix
- D.
Sound unit
- 10.The communication systems of nonhuman species consist of a finite number of signals for a finite number of specific meanings. Such systems are said to be:
- A.
Open
- B.
Arbitrary
- C.
Symbolic
- D.
Closed
- 11.The communication of chimpanzees is non-referential except with regard to:
- A.
Sources of food
- B.
Sources of danger
- C.
Emotional states
- D.
Information dealing with sexual activity and reproduction
- 12.Which of the following is NOT used as evidence for the investigation of the time of emergence of human language?
- A.
Endocasts of fossil brains
- B.
Examination of the cells of ancient brains
- C.
Reconstruction of vocal apparatus
- D.
Logical guesses as to when a complex language was required
- 13.Vocal tract reconstructions show that the tract of the australopithecines was like that of:
- A.
Apes
- B.
Homo erectus
- C.
Modern human children
- D.
Modern human adults
- 14.Modern human vocal tracts seem to appear at the time of:
- A.
Australopithecus
- B.
Homo erectus
- C.
Archaic Homo sapiens
- D.
Anatomically modern Homo sapiens
- 15.Which of the following is NOT an established reason for the failure of attempts to teach chimpanzees to speak a human language?
- A.
Differences in their vocal tracts
- B.
Differences in their facial muscles
- C.
Differences in the basic structure of their brains
- D.
Differences in their tongue muscles
- 16.So far, some substitute for spoken human language has been taught to all but:
- A.
Chimpanzees
- B.
Bonobos
- C.
Baboons
- D.
Orangutans
- 17.Chimpanzees and other apes have brains complex enough to learn the rudiments of human language because:
- A.
They lead complex lives requiring such brains
- B.
They are closely related to humans
- C.
They are clearly on the way to eventually evolving into humanlike species
- D.
They use complex communication in the wild only it hasn't been observed
- 18.About how many different languages are spoken in the world today?
- A.
Millions
- B.
About 3000
- C.
Around 150
- D.
About a dozen main ones with lots of subgroups and dialects
- 19.Cognates are words:
- A.
That are similar in different languages because of borrowing
- B.
That are similar in different languages because of coincidence
- C.
That are similar in different languages because of common descent
- D.
That differ among languages and so show those languages are not related
- 20.Words for ____________ are not normally cognates?
- A.
Body parts
- B.
Scientific ideas and technologies
- C.
Numbers
- D.
Family relationships
- 21.Which of the following language features has been shown to be directly related to the cultural system that uses the language?
- A.
Phonemes
- B.
Morphemes
- C.
Rules of grammar
- D.
Word meanings and categories
- 22.The words and categories a society uses to organize and talk about important aspects of their world is called:
- A.
A folk taxonomy
- B.
Cultural relativity
- C.
World view
- D.
Phonemic inventory
- 23.The study of cultural categories and word meanings is called:
- A.
Folk taxonomy
- B.
Ethnography
- C.
Ethnosemantics
- D.
Descriptive linguistics
- 24.Why do Eskimo languages have so many more specific words for types of snow than does English?
- A.
They have more scientific knowledge about snow
- B.
There are more kinds of snow in the Arctic
- C.
Snow is more important to them
- D.
They have slightly a different visual perception of their world
- 25.The features of a society's language are most directly related to:
- A.
The natural environment in which they live
- B.
How far they have progressed evolutionarily
- C.
Their natural environment and cultural history in interaction
- D.
The structures of their brains and sense organs
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