Unit 6 quiz (language)
What does AAE refer to?
African American Vernacular English
Which statement is NOT true of naming ceremonies?
They are specific to preliterate societies.
Which of these is NOT an accurate description of a linguistic anthropologist?
focuses on the development of language in nonhuman primates
What did researchers Brent Berlin and Paul Kay determine regarding perceptions of color in 98 different languages?
Black and white are the most important distinctions.
Which term refers to language that is associated with specific social groups such as those based on ethnicity, age, or gender?
vernacular
What subfield of linguistics examines the social context of language?
sociolinguistics
Which of the following is NOT an example of language ideologies pertaining to gender?
the use of performative language in rites of passage
The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis argues that the language you speak influences how you do what?
think about reality
Which statement is NOT true regarding communication?
It is synonymous with the term language.
Which of the following is NOT an example of folk taxonomy?
the system of binomial nomenclature utilized by Western universities
Which area of linguistics focuses on the social contexts in which language is acquired?
language socialization
Which of the following is most important to anthropologists who are interested in how language varies across cultures and environments?
linguistic relativity
Which of the following BEST defines language?
an open-ended system of communication with a set of rules that allows an infinite number of meanings
Which term reflects the concept that all languages have some things in common?
linguistic universals
What is the term for a man talking condescendingly to someone (especially a woman) about something he has incomplete knowledge of, with the mistaken assumption that he knows more about it than the person he's talking to?
mansplaining
What does neuroscientist Michael Arbib suggest as a likely contribution to the first use of gestural language among early hominins?
the ability to imitate
What percentage of the world's languages are in danger of dying out in the next hundred years?
40 percent
