Chapter 9
All human languages use the same set of sounds.
False
All human cultures require language.
True
American Sign Language is a fully developed language.
True
Aymara has more than 200 words for potato.
True
English belongs to the Indo-European language family.
True
Every culture has distinctive norms for closeness.
True
Humans are biologically programmed for language.
True
Our use of language reflects the rest of our culture.
True
Phonemes have no meanings by themselves.
True
The preservation of native languages is essential to the preservation of native cultures.
True
Communication among nonhuman animals can be as complex as human language.
False
English is a tonal language.
False
Humans and primates both have what anthropologists label "open" communication systems.
False
The following are all known as free morphemes: -ed; work; -es; house; read; -ing
False
The term, "displacement," refers to parts of grammar that are out of place in a sentence.
False