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Chapter 1 The Nature of Communication
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4. Allzanimalszhavezazlanguage.zAnswer:zF
5. Birdzcallsztendztozbezspecieszspecific.zAnswer:zF
6. Birdzsongsztendztozbezspecieszspecific.zAnswer:zT
7. Allzresearchersznowzagreezthatzapeszcanzlearnzlanguage.zAnswer:zF
8. Azpersonzwhozstutterszhaszazproblemzwithzlinguisticzcompetence.zAnswer:zF
9. ThezfactzthatzmanyznewzwordszarezaddedztozEnglishzeachzyearzdemonstrateszthatzE
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10. Birdszandzbeeszgenerallyzlearnzmostzofztheirzcommunicationzsystemszfromzotherz
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11. Theztermszlanguagezandzcommunicationzcanzbezusedzinterchangeablyzbecausezt
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InformationzClassification:zGeneral
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13. Humanszcommunicatezinzbothzverbalzandznonverbalzways.zAnswer:zT
14. Redundancyzinzazmessagezhelpszovercomez“static”.zAnswer:zT
15. Birdzsongszarezgenerallyzmorezelaboratezthanzbirdcalls.zAnswer:zT
16. Thezcharacteristiczofzlanguageszthatzallowzpeopleztozcoinznewzwordszaszneededziszc
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17. Linguisticzforms,zsuchzaszwordszorzsentences,zhavezanzarbitraryzrelationshipztozt
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18. Comparedztoznonhumanzcommunication,zhumanzlinguisticzcommunicationztendsztoz
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20. SomezresearcherszbelievezthatzKanzizprocesseszazbasiczunderstandingzofzsimplezg
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tzbecausezofzazlackzofzknowledgezofztheznormszofzthezother’szculture.zAnswer:zT
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5. Birdzcallsztendztozbezspecieszspecific.zAnswer:zF
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7. Allzresearchersznowzagreezthatzapeszcanzlearnzlanguage.zAnswer:zF
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9. ThezfactzthatzmanyznewzwordszarezaddedztozEnglishzeachzyearzdemonstrateszthatzE
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10. Birdszandzbeeszgenerallyzlearnzmostzofztheirzcommunicationzsystemszfromzotherz
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11. Theztermszlanguagezandzcommunicationzcanzbezusedzinterchangeablyzbecausezt
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InformationzClassification:zGeneral
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13. Humanszcommunicatezinzbothzverbalzandznonverbalzways.zAnswer:zT
14. Redundancyzinzazmessagezhelpszovercomez“static”.zAnswer:zT
15. Birdzsongszarezgenerallyzmorezelaboratezthanzbirdcalls.zAnswer:zT
16. Thezcharacteristiczofzlanguageszthatzallowzpeopleztozcoinznewzwordszaszneededziszc
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17. Linguisticzforms,zsuchzaszwordszorzsentences,zhavezanzarbitraryzrelationshipztozt
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18. Comparedztoznonhumanzcommunication,zhumanzlinguisticzcommunicationztendsztoz
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19. Thezfactzthatzazpersonzcanztalkzaboutzthezpastzorzanticipatezthezfuturezillustrateszthezc
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20. SomezresearcherszbelievezthatzKanzizprocesseszazbasiczunderstandingzofzsimplezg
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27. Recursionziszthezprocesszwherebyzanyzlinguisticszunitzcanzbezmadezlongerzbyze
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28. ThezconceptzofzTheoryzofzthezMindzrefersztozazperson’szabilityztozknowzexactlyzwhatzot
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30. Althoughztherezmightzbezuniversalzaspectszofzallzlanguageszthatzarezinnate,zspecificzl
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32. Stutteringzwouldzbezazproblemzwith
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d. Linguisticzsystematics.
Answer:zb
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