Anthropology chp. 9 quiz Q’s – Flashcards
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the system of arbitrary symbols used to encode one's experience of the world and of others is...
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language
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What is the difference between speech and language?
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speech is a spoken language
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members of a speech community...
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do not all possess identical knowledge about the language they share
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the design feature of language called "openness" refers to the...
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ability to create new linguistic messages freely and easily
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There is nothing inherent in the nature of a large quadruped well-suited for long-distance running that requires us to call this creature a "horse." This illustrates the linguistic design feature of...
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arbitrariness
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the set of rules that aim to describe the patterns of linguistic usage observed by members of a particular speech community is called...
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grammar
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The ability of native speakers of a language to use words in ways that are socially and culturally appropriate is called
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communicative competence
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In Java it is impossible to...
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say anything without communicating your relative social position
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Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf believed that...
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language has the power to shape the way people see the world
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Linguistic determinism hold that...
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The grammars of people's native languages determine how they think about the world
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People who grow up bilingual...
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can switch readily from one language to the other
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A stretch of speech longer than a sentence united by a common theme is a...
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discourse
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David is a college student who knows the different linguistic habits appropriate to his mother and stepfather's home, his father's home, his university residence hall, his anthropology class, his job at an elegant restaurant, and his religious tradition. The term used in the text to describe his complex linguistic knowledge is
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heteroglossia
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A language with no native speakers that develops in a single generation between members of communities that possess distinct native languages is a..
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pidgin
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According to William Labov's work in the 1960s, African American children living in urban areas did not perform well linguistically in the classroom because they...
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felt threatened in the classroom context
