Quiz 5

Which if the following is a contributing factor to the development of creoles, pidgins, and other hybrid forms of language?

All of the above - Colonialism -globalization -commerce -migration

The communication systems of nonhuman species consist of a finite (limited) number of signals for finite specific meanings. Such systems are said to be:

Closed

Words that came from the same ancestral language and originated from the same word are called

Cognate words

Being able to communicated about things not currently present in space and time is known as

Displacement

The use of mock Spanish reinforces a common impression that Hispanic people are socially inferior. This is an example of the power of which of the following?

Language ideology

_________ 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

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

we can speak using a larynx