Differences exist among cultural systems

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1. Which of the following aspects fo langauge do non-human primates like Kanzi the bonobo lack?

transmission
duality of patterning
displacement
call systems
productivity

2. The Broca's are seems to be most clearly related to:

the ability to talk about events that happened in the past or could happen in the future
motor movements and the ability to create the sounds/signs of langauge
the ability to understand the meaning of words
the speed with which one can learn another langauge
the tendency to rapidly change topics during a conversation

3. The FOXP2 gene is specifically related to:

chimpanzee and bonobo communication
Homo erectus communication
gorilla communication
Neanderthal and modern human communication
whale communication

4. The idea that differences exist among cultural systems, that cultural systems make as much sense as our own, and that we can learn to understand these different systems is:

syntax
cultural relativity
displacement
ethnocentrism
indirection

5. The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis centers on the concept of:

communicative competence
the role of the Wernicke's area in speech
the problems with using parentese
linguistic determinism
theoretical linguistics

6. In the article "Rapport-talk and Report-talk," Tannen focuses on differences in communication and language that occur:

due to religious differences
along racial/ethnic lines
due to country of origin
along gender lines
between two different dialects of the same language

7. The "sky" in the word "skydiving" is an example of a/an:
           
free morpheme
allphone
bound morpheme
morpheme error
phoneme

8. Which statement regarding call systems is FALSE:
           
Call systems are generally the communication system of non-human primates, like monkeys.
Calls occur in reaction to some immediate issue.
Calls can be combined with other calls.
Calls are not planned, rather, they happen automatically.
Calls are not learned.

9. The cultural and social situation in which words are being used is called:

context
genre
syntax
discourse
duality of patterning

10. In the article, "How Language Shapes Us," we learn that the Kuuk Thaayorre's __________ is related to their language.

athletic ability
religion
sense of direction
gender norms
racial prejudices

11. The ability to communicate about things that are not actually present, like an event in a country that you have never visited, is called:
           
duality of patterning
linguistic relativism
traditional transmission
productivity
displacement

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