ANTH Quiz #4 Language

_____________ refers to the structure of speech sounds

Phonology

Koko and Washo were two primates who had learned

American Sign Language

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

all of the above

Animal call systems

can only communicate in response to real-world stimuli

When anthropologists study the way people use language in real settings rather than as a set of grammatical rules, they are focusing on

parole

Talking about sports as a battlefield is an example of

a metaphor

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

a parole

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 features are characteristic of language?

all of the above

Which of the following is a feature of language?

all of the above

Some groups of words, such as the names of colors, are used by people to classify things in the world, the study of which is called

ethnoscience

T/F: Because of the widespread use of mass media today, sociolinguists have found increasing homogeneity in the use of language in the United States.

false

T/F: Countries find it relatively easy to decide what language its citizens will speak.

false

T/F: Languages change very slowly, taking generations or even centuries.

false

The key scenario differs from other kinds of symbols because it

implies how people should act

How words fit together to make meaningful units is called

morphology

The study of how words are formed into meaningful units, such as grammatical categories like tense and word order, is called

morphology

A stoplight that is green communicates that you should go. The green is a visual example of which of the following?

sign

T/F: Although language is one of the most rule-bound aspects of human culture, it is also one of the least conscious.

true

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

a creole