Chap 5 QUIZ

Koko and Washo were two primates who had learned

American Sign Language

According to anthropologist Sherry Ortner's analysis, the American flag is an example of

a summarizing symbol

A stoplight is a visual example of which of the following?

sign

In evolutionary terms humans are distinct from other primates with respect to their ability to use language because

we can speak using a larynx

_____________ refers to the structure of speech sounds

Phonology

A language of mixed origin that developed from a complex blending of two parent languages is called

a creole

Talking about sports as a battlefield is an example of

a metaphor

Linguists refer to mixed languages with a simplified grammar that people rarely learn as a mother tongue as

a pidgin language

Which of the following is a contributing factor to the development of creoles, pidgins, and other hybrid forms of language? globalization migration all of the answers are correct colonialism commerce

all of the answers are correct

Animal call systems

can only communicate in response to real-world stimuli

For pastoral groups such as the Dinka and the Nuer, the cow acts as which kind of symbol?

elaborating symbol

Most mammals use some form of call system to communicate with others of their species. Dogs and chimpanzees share an additional linguistic characteristic because they can communicate simple combinations of ideas about things they are not currently seeing.

false

The U.S. government's prohibition of Native American children speaking their indigenous languages in Indian schools has contributed most profoundly to

language death

How words fit together to make meaningful units is called

morphology

Anthropologist Sherry Ortner distinguished three kinds of culturally powerful symbols that include all of the following except

narrative symbols

When language speakers use slang or metaphor, they are engaging in which concept suggested by French linguist Ferdinand de Saussure?

parole

According to Edward Sapir, language is the symbolic guide to culture.

true

Elaborating symbols and summarizing symbols work in opposite ways.

true

If you were conducting a symbolic analysis of TV programs and wanted to identify a key scenario such as the Horatio Alger myth, which of the following would you focus on?

plots that are repeated in many of the programs that American viewers interpret as commonplace social experiences

Most people are unaware of the structure of a language until someone speaking it makes a mistake.

true