Linguistics True or False
ASL signs are pantomimed gestures
false
ASL uses the same grammar as english
false
Because artists communicate their communicate their thoughts and feelings through artistic mediums, the use of the term 'language' in the phrases 'the language of painting' or 'the language of music' is equal to what is meant by the phrase 'the language of communication'
false
according to RW, lexicographers include new words and phrases in the dictionary in order to encourage speakers to use them more frequently
false
according to the authors, parents should correct children's grammatical errors so that they don't continue to repeat them
false
carrying the meaning 'pertaining to mythological deities or spirits under the earth', "Chthonic" is a word that was translated into english from tagalog and was respelled "thonic"
false
children imitate what they hear to learn language
false
deaf people prefer to be called hearing impaired
false
even the earliest writing systems had an alphabet
false
for adults, the process of learning to speak a second language is almost identical to that of the first
false
in his studies of discourse comparisons among different languages do not use the same kinds of abbreviations that are used in english
false
researchers agree that it is nature rather than nurture that accounts for FLA
false
some languages don't have grammar
false
the aim of linguistics is to study aspects of multiple languages so as to be fluent in as many of them as possible
false
the biggest reason that dictionaries have to publish new editions is that they have to correct the errors they didn't find when they wrote the first edition (mistakes, typos, etc)
false
there are some languages that are completely different from all others
false
it takes children about 10 years to learn syntax
false - 2 years
parents teach their kids to talk
false - kids pick it up
2-year olds can identify subjects and objects in a sentence
true
ASL can be used to discuss abstract concepts
true
ASL is easier to learn than spoken languages
true
ASL signers from different states have different "accents" and dialects
true
according to david crystal, it is possible that all the language families of the world came from a single source
true
children will learn to speak language regardless of their parents' error correction habits
true
etymology is the study of the history and origin of words and how they've changed over the centuries
true
even through the use of multiple hand signals, well-trained chimpanzees are unable to express ideas like "I was hungry yesterday morning"; this shows one way in which animal communication and human language differ.
true
expeditions uncover "new" languages (ie, languages as yet unstudied)
true
from birth we are designed to talk
true
hindi, russian, ukranian, czech, greek, german, french, and gaelic all came from the same language but have changed over time
true
it is a mistake to use the word "learning" when it comes to "learning" our first language
true
more writing exists now on the internet than in all the libraries of the world
true
people read differently on kindles and ipads than they do in traditional paper versions
true
some people believe language is built in and other believe it is learned from the environment
true
to describe written letters of the alphabet, the terms 'upper-case' and 'lower-case' come from the days when printers used to keep the letters they needed for printing in two large boxes; they stored capital letters in the top box and small letters in the lower box.
true
when carrying out experiments, researchers know when babies hear a new sound by an increase in their sucking or a turning of their head
true
ASL is a universal language
False
