Chapter 5
A. a dictionary containing all of its morphemes and their meanings - ANS-8. The lexicon of a
language is
A. a dictionary containing all of its morphemes and their meanings.
B. its degree of complexity.
C. the set of rules that govern the written but not spoken language.
D. its symbolic and poetic value.
E. the range of speech sounds.
A. syntax - ANS-9. What term refers to the arrangement and order of words into sentences?
A. syntax
B. lexicon
C. grammar
D. phonology
E. morphology
A. where SE has contractions - ANS-23. When does copula deletion (absence of the verb "to
be") occur in AAVE?
A. where SE has contractions
B. randomly
C. in the past tense
D. in the future tense
E. in SE, not AAVE
B. a mixed language that develops to ease communication between members of different
cultures in contact, usually in situations of trade or colonial domination - ANS-25. What is
pidgin?
A. a partial language that results from primitive tribes' attempts to learn the language of a
modern industrialized state
B. a mixed language that develops to ease communication between members of different
cultures in contact, usually in situations of trade or colonial domination
C. a rhythmic sublanguage present in any human language as the result of a universally shared
mutation
D. a set of languages believed to be most like the original human language, spoken by a small
population of Indian Ocean islanders
E. metalanguage, developed by computer programmers, that has yielded valuable insights into
the workings of the human brain
B. contrary to the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, it might be more reasonable to say that changes in
culture produce changes in language and thought, rather than the reverse. - ANS-14. Sapir and
Whorf argued that the grammatical categories of different languages lead their speakers to think
, about things in particular ways. However, studies on the differences between female and male
Americans with regard to the color terms they use suggest that
A. changes in the U.S. economy, society, and culture have had no impact on the use of color
terms, or on any other terms for that matter.
B. contrary to the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, it might be more reasonable to say that changes in
culture produce changes in language and thought, rather than the reverse.
C. in support of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, different languages produce different ways of
thinking.
D. women and men are equally sensitive to the marketing tactics of the cosmetic industry.
E. women spend more money on status goods than do men.
B. diglossia - ANS-20. What term refers to the existence of "high" and "low" dialects within a
single language?
A. displacement
B. diglossia
C. semantics
D. kinesics
E. lexicon
B. displacement. - ANS-3. Research on the communication skills of nonhuman primates reveals
their inability to refer to objects that are not immediately present in their environment, such as
food and danger. The ability to describe things and events that are not present is called
A. cultural transmission.
B. displacement.
C. linguistic imagination.
D. phonology.
E. productivity.
B. honorifics - ANS-21. What type of term is used to convey or imply a status difference
between the speaker and the person being referred to or addressed?
A. formal addresses, but sociolinguists rarely pay attention to them, because their use in a
social situation is always a result of linguistic exploitation
B. honorifics
C. style shifts
D. diglossia
E. linguistic relational
B. Like language, they include displacement and cultural transmission - ANS-2. Which of the
following statements about chimpanzee call systems is NOT true?
A. They consist of a limited number of sounds.
B. Like language, they include displacement and cultural transmission.
C. They consist of sounds that vary in intensity and duration.
D. Calls cannot be combined when multiple stimuli are present.
E. They are stimuli dependent.
A. a dictionary containing all of its morphemes and their meanings - ANS-8. The lexicon of a
language is
A. a dictionary containing all of its morphemes and their meanings.
B. its degree of complexity.
C. the set of rules that govern the written but not spoken language.
D. its symbolic and poetic value.
E. the range of speech sounds.
A. syntax - ANS-9. What term refers to the arrangement and order of words into sentences?
A. syntax
B. lexicon
C. grammar
D. phonology
E. morphology
A. where SE has contractions - ANS-23. When does copula deletion (absence of the verb "to
be") occur in AAVE?
A. where SE has contractions
B. randomly
C. in the past tense
D. in the future tense
E. in SE, not AAVE
B. a mixed language that develops to ease communication between members of different
cultures in contact, usually in situations of trade or colonial domination - ANS-25. What is
pidgin?
A. a partial language that results from primitive tribes' attempts to learn the language of a
modern industrialized state
B. a mixed language that develops to ease communication between members of different
cultures in contact, usually in situations of trade or colonial domination
C. a rhythmic sublanguage present in any human language as the result of a universally shared
mutation
D. a set of languages believed to be most like the original human language, spoken by a small
population of Indian Ocean islanders
E. metalanguage, developed by computer programmers, that has yielded valuable insights into
the workings of the human brain
B. contrary to the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, it might be more reasonable to say that changes in
culture produce changes in language and thought, rather than the reverse. - ANS-14. Sapir and
Whorf argued that the grammatical categories of different languages lead their speakers to think
, about things in particular ways. However, studies on the differences between female and male
Americans with regard to the color terms they use suggest that
A. changes in the U.S. economy, society, and culture have had no impact on the use of color
terms, or on any other terms for that matter.
B. contrary to the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, it might be more reasonable to say that changes in
culture produce changes in language and thought, rather than the reverse.
C. in support of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, different languages produce different ways of
thinking.
D. women and men are equally sensitive to the marketing tactics of the cosmetic industry.
E. women spend more money on status goods than do men.
B. diglossia - ANS-20. What term refers to the existence of "high" and "low" dialects within a
single language?
A. displacement
B. diglossia
C. semantics
D. kinesics
E. lexicon
B. displacement. - ANS-3. Research on the communication skills of nonhuman primates reveals
their inability to refer to objects that are not immediately present in their environment, such as
food and danger. The ability to describe things and events that are not present is called
A. cultural transmission.
B. displacement.
C. linguistic imagination.
D. phonology.
E. productivity.
B. honorifics - ANS-21. What type of term is used to convey or imply a status difference
between the speaker and the person being referred to or addressed?
A. formal addresses, but sociolinguists rarely pay attention to them, because their use in a
social situation is always a result of linguistic exploitation
B. honorifics
C. style shifts
D. diglossia
E. linguistic relational
B. Like language, they include displacement and cultural transmission - ANS-2. Which of the
following statements about chimpanzee call systems is NOT true?
A. They consist of a limited number of sounds.
B. Like language, they include displacement and cultural transmission.
C. They consist of sounds that vary in intensity and duration.
D. Calls cannot be combined when multiple stimuli are present.
E. They are stimuli dependent.
