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