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A Concise Introduction to Linguistics,
6th edition Bruce Rowe and Diane Levine
All Chapters 1-14 Covered
Informationd Classification:d General
, TABLE OF CONTENT
d d
d
1dIntroduction:dThedNaturedofdCommunication
2dPhonetics:dThedSoundsdUseddindLanguages
3dPhonology:dThedSounddPatternsdUseddindLanguages
4dMorphology:dWordsdanddHowdtheydaredFormed
5dSyntax:dThedLargerdPatternsdofdLanguage
6dSemantics:dThedStudydofdMeaning
7dPragmatics:dHowdLanguagedisdUseddanddThedEffectdofdContextdondMeaning
8dSociolinguistics:dLanguagedanddSociety
9dLinguisticdAnthropology:dLanguagedanddCulture
10dLanguagedAcquisition:dHowdChildrend(anddothers)dLearndLanguage
11dSigndLanguage:dThedLanguagedofdthedDeafdCommunity
12dWritingdSystems:dThedGraphicdRepresentationdofdLanguage
13dNonverbaldCommunication:dCommunicatingdWithoutdWords
14dHistoricaldLinguistics:dThedHistorydofdLanguages
Informationd Classification:d General
, Chapter 1 The Nature of Communication
d d d d d
True/False Questions d
1. Linguisticdcompetencedrefersdtodthedsubconsciousdknowledgedofdone’sdlanguage.dAnswe
r:dT
2. Languagedisddependentdondhearingdordspeech.dAnswer:dF
3. IndChapterd1,dweddiscussdvariousdtypesdofdanimaldcommunicationdbecausedcompari
sondofdthosedsystemsdofdcommunicationdcandaiddusdindunderstandingdhumandcomm
unication. Answer:dT
4. Alldanimalsdhavedadlanguage.dAnswer:dF
5. Birddcallsdtenddtodbedspeciesdspecific.dAnswer:dF
6. Birddsongsdtenddtodbedspeciesdspecific.dAnswer:dT
7. Alldresearchersdnowdagreedthatdapesdcandlearndlanguage.dAnswer:dF
8. Adpersondwhodstuttersdhasdadproblemdwithdlinguisticdcompetence.dAnswer:dF
9. ThedfactdthatdmanydnewdwordsdaredaddeddtodEnglishdeachdyearddemonstratesdthatdEnglish
,dlikedanydlanguage,disdandopendsystem.dAnswer:dT
10. Birdsdanddbeesdgenerallydlearndmostdofdtheirdcommunicationdsystemsdfromdotherdmemb
ersdofdtheirdsocialdgroups.dAnswer:dF
11. Thedtermsdlanguagedanddcommunicationdcandbeduseddinterchangeablydbecausedtheydm
eandthedsamedthing.dAnswer:dF
Informationd Classification:d General
, 12. Oneddifferencedbetweendapes’dusedofdsignd“language”danddadhuman’sdusedofdlanguage,disd
thatdapesdseldomdinitiatedcommunicationdwhereasdhumans,dincludingdyoungdchildren,dfre
quentlydinitiatedcommunicationdwithdothers.dAnswer:dT
13. Humansdcommunicatedindbothdverbaldanddnonverbaldways.dAnswer:dT
14. Redundancydindadmessagedhelpsdovercomed“static”.dAnswer:dT
15. Birddsongsdaredgenerallydmoredelaboratedthandbirdcalls.dAnswer:dT
16. Thedcharacteristicdofdlanguagesdthatdallowdpeopledtodcoindnewdwordsdasdneededdisdcalledd
discreteness.dAnswer:dF
17. Linguisticdforms,dsuchdasdwordsdordsentences,dhavedandarbitrarydrelationshipdtodtheird
meaning.dAnswer:dT
18. Compareddtodnonhumandcommunication,dhumandlinguisticdcommunicationdtendsdtodbedsti
mulus-bound.dAnswer:dF
19. Thedfactdthatdadpersondcandtalkdaboutdthedpastdordanticipatedthedfuturedillustratesdthedchara
cteristicdofdlanguagedcalledddisplacement.dAnswer:dT
20. SomedresearchersdbelievedthatdKanzidprocessesdadbasicdunderstandingdofdsimpledgramm
ar.dAnswer:dT
21. Alexdthedparrot,dasdwelldasdthedapesdthatdhavedbeenduseddindlanguagedexperiments,dhavedbe
endabledtodlearndlanguagedatdthedleveldofdaboutdadfive-year-olddhuman.
Answer:d F
22. Culturedshockdoccursdwhendadpersondinteractsdwithdadpersondordpeopledfromdadforeigndcult
uredandddisorientationdanddanxietydoccursdwhendsocialdexpectationsdarednotdmetdbecaused
ofdadlackdofdknowledgedofdthednormsdofdthedother’sdculture.dAnswer:dT
Informationd Classification:d General
A Concise Introduction to Linguistics,
6th edition Bruce Rowe and Diane Levine
All Chapters 1-14 Covered
Informationd Classification:d General
, TABLE OF CONTENT
d d
d
1dIntroduction:dThedNaturedofdCommunication
2dPhonetics:dThedSoundsdUseddindLanguages
3dPhonology:dThedSounddPatternsdUseddindLanguages
4dMorphology:dWordsdanddHowdtheydaredFormed
5dSyntax:dThedLargerdPatternsdofdLanguage
6dSemantics:dThedStudydofdMeaning
7dPragmatics:dHowdLanguagedisdUseddanddThedEffectdofdContextdondMeaning
8dSociolinguistics:dLanguagedanddSociety
9dLinguisticdAnthropology:dLanguagedanddCulture
10dLanguagedAcquisition:dHowdChildrend(anddothers)dLearndLanguage
11dSigndLanguage:dThedLanguagedofdthedDeafdCommunity
12dWritingdSystems:dThedGraphicdRepresentationdofdLanguage
13dNonverbaldCommunication:dCommunicatingdWithoutdWords
14dHistoricaldLinguistics:dThedHistorydofdLanguages
Informationd Classification:d General
, Chapter 1 The Nature of Communication
d d d d d
True/False Questions d
1. Linguisticdcompetencedrefersdtodthedsubconsciousdknowledgedofdone’sdlanguage.dAnswe
r:dT
2. Languagedisddependentdondhearingdordspeech.dAnswer:dF
3. IndChapterd1,dweddiscussdvariousdtypesdofdanimaldcommunicationdbecausedcompari
sondofdthosedsystemsdofdcommunicationdcandaiddusdindunderstandingdhumandcomm
unication. Answer:dT
4. Alldanimalsdhavedadlanguage.dAnswer:dF
5. Birddcallsdtenddtodbedspeciesdspecific.dAnswer:dF
6. Birddsongsdtenddtodbedspeciesdspecific.dAnswer:dT
7. Alldresearchersdnowdagreedthatdapesdcandlearndlanguage.dAnswer:dF
8. Adpersondwhodstuttersdhasdadproblemdwithdlinguisticdcompetence.dAnswer:dF
9. ThedfactdthatdmanydnewdwordsdaredaddeddtodEnglishdeachdyearddemonstratesdthatdEnglish
,dlikedanydlanguage,disdandopendsystem.dAnswer:dT
10. Birdsdanddbeesdgenerallydlearndmostdofdtheirdcommunicationdsystemsdfromdotherdmemb
ersdofdtheirdsocialdgroups.dAnswer:dF
11. Thedtermsdlanguagedanddcommunicationdcandbeduseddinterchangeablydbecausedtheydm
eandthedsamedthing.dAnswer:dF
Informationd Classification:d General
, 12. Oneddifferencedbetweendapes’dusedofdsignd“language”danddadhuman’sdusedofdlanguage,disd
thatdapesdseldomdinitiatedcommunicationdwhereasdhumans,dincludingdyoungdchildren,dfre
quentlydinitiatedcommunicationdwithdothers.dAnswer:dT
13. Humansdcommunicatedindbothdverbaldanddnonverbaldways.dAnswer:dT
14. Redundancydindadmessagedhelpsdovercomed“static”.dAnswer:dT
15. Birddsongsdaredgenerallydmoredelaboratedthandbirdcalls.dAnswer:dT
16. Thedcharacteristicdofdlanguagesdthatdallowdpeopledtodcoindnewdwordsdasdneededdisdcalledd
discreteness.dAnswer:dF
17. Linguisticdforms,dsuchdasdwordsdordsentences,dhavedandarbitrarydrelationshipdtodtheird
meaning.dAnswer:dT
18. Compareddtodnonhumandcommunication,dhumandlinguisticdcommunicationdtendsdtodbedsti
mulus-bound.dAnswer:dF
19. Thedfactdthatdadpersondcandtalkdaboutdthedpastdordanticipatedthedfuturedillustratesdthedchara
cteristicdofdlanguagedcalledddisplacement.dAnswer:dT
20. SomedresearchersdbelievedthatdKanzidprocessesdadbasicdunderstandingdofdsimpledgramm
ar.dAnswer:dT
21. Alexdthedparrot,dasdwelldasdthedapesdthatdhavedbeenduseddindlanguagedexperiments,dhavedbe
endabledtodlearndlanguagedatdthedleveldofdaboutdadfive-year-olddhuman.
Answer:d F
22. Culturedshockdoccursdwhendadpersondinteractsdwithdadpersondordpeopledfromdadforeigndcult
uredandddisorientationdanddanxietydoccursdwhendsocialdexpectationsdarednotdmetdbecaused
ofdadlackdofdknowledgedofdthednormsdofdthedother’sdculture.dAnswer:dT
Informationd Classification:d General
