Communication MCQ

The smallest part of a sentence that can be said alone and still retain its meaning is known as_____

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Correct Answer: Word

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Universal Grammar is the basic set of _____ that underlie all languages.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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Syntax is the part of _____ that has to do with the arrangement of words to form phrases and sentences.

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Correct Answer: Both a and b

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Standard Spoken American English is the form of english spoken by most of the american _____

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Correct Answer: Middle class

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Speech Community is a group of people who share a set of _____ for the use of language.

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Correct Answer: Both a and b

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A specialization within anthropological linguistics that focuses on speech performance is known as Sociolinguistics.

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Correct Answer: True

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Anything that can be used to communicate meaning is known as_____

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Correct Answer: Sign

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Semiotics is the study of the role of signs and symbols in _____

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Correct Answer: Both a and b

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Semantics is the subsystem of a language that relates words to _____

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Correct Answer: Meaning

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Sapir Whorf Hypothesis is the hypothesis that perceptions and understandings of _____ are conditioned by the structure of a language.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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The study of the cultural use of interpersonal space is known as_____

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Correct Answer: Proxemics

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The ability of humans to combine words and sounds into new meaningful utterances is known as_____

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Correct Answer: Productivity

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Pidgin is a language of _____ composed of features of the original languages of two or more societies.

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Correct Answer: Both

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The sound system of a language is known as_____

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Correct Answer: Phonology

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Phoneme is the smallest significant unit of _____ in a language.

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Correct Answer: Sound

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The sounds made by humans and used in any language refer to _____

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Correct Answer: Phones

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Morphology is a system for creating _____ from sounds.

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Correct Answer: Words

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The smallest units of language that have a meaning refer to _____

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Correct Answer: Morphemes

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Lexicon is the total stock of _____ in a language.

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Correct Answer: Words

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Kinesics is the study of body position, and _____

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Correct Answer: All of these

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International Phonetic Alphabet is the system of writing designed to represent all the _____used in the different languages of the world.

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Correct Answer: Sounds

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Haptics is the analysis and study of_____.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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A statistical technique that linguists have developed to estimate the date of separation of related languages is known as Glottochronology.

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Correct Answer: True

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Gender classes usually govern agreement between _____

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Correct Answer: All of these

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Free Morpheme is a unit of meaning that may stand alone as a_____ .

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Correct Answer: Word

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Displacement is the capacity of all human languages to describe things not happening in the_____.

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Correct Answer: Present

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Dialects are vocabulary constructions that deviate from those used by the socially dominant group in a society.

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Correct Answer: False

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Descriptive and Structural Linguistics is the study and analysis of the_____ of particular languages.

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Correct Answer: Structure and content

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Creole is a first language that is composed of elements of_____languages.

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Correct Answer: Two or more different

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Core Vocabulary is a group of words that designate _____ likely to be named in all the world’s languages.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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Conventionality is the notion that in human language, words are only _____ connected to the things for which they stand.

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Correct Answer: Both a and b

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The science of documenting the relationships between languages and grouping them into language families is known as Comparative Linguistics.

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Correct Answer: True

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Communication is the act of _____ information.

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Correct Answer: Transmitting

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The ability of individuals who speak multiple languages to move seamlessly between them is known as ______

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Correct Answer: Code-Switching

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Chronemics is the study of the different ways that cultures understand _____ and use it to communicate.

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Correct Answer: Time

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Call System is the form of communication among _____ composed of a limited number of sounds that are tied to specific stimuli in the environment.

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Correct Answer: Nonhuman Primates

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A unit of meaning that must be associated with another is known as_____

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Correct Answer: Bound Morpheme

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Artifacts are forms of body ______ that communicate messages about individual or group identity.

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Correct Answer: Both

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______ phones that can be used to make the same phoneme in a specific language are known as Allophones.

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Correct Answer: Two or more different

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African American Vernacular English is a form of english spoken by many african americans, particularly those of_____ backgrounds.

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Correct Answer: Both a and b

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According to linguists, syntax is the most noticeable aspect of language change.

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Correct Answer: False

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Chronemics is a form of nonverbal communication.

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Correct Answer: True

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In the study of linguistics, what does AAVE stand for?

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Correct Answer: African American Vernacular English

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How do forensic linguists use language to solve crimes?

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Correct Answer: They match unique phrases and accents to geographic origin and ethnicity in order to narrow the search for suspects.

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Saussure divided the function of language in to two parts: the ______ which is an arbitrary and abstract system of signs, and the ______ which is the performance of language by a speaker.

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Correct Answer: Langue; parole

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The ______ is what we hear or read while the ______ is the quality or object we associate with the symbol.

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Correct Answer: Signifier; signified

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What is a lexicon?

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Correct Answer: The total stock of words in a language

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Which concept refers to the way that humans arrange words into logical structures to convey meaning?

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Correct Answer: Syntax

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The rules for combining morphemes are for all languages ______.

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Correct Answer: Are complex and contain exceptions

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Anthropologists developed the International Phonic Alphabet (IPA) for what purpose?

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Correct Answer: To represent all of the sounds used in human speech

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______ is the study of how a language system relates words with meaning.

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Correct Answer: Semantics

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Studies have shown that while babies don’t understand what they are saying, they nonetheless babble in consonant and vowel sounds, in a grammatic fashion, by the time they are ______ old.

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Correct Answer: 6 months

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What is the relationship between language and human culture?

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Correct Answer: They evolved together and grow increasingly complex together.

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When anthropologists say that a symbol is conventional, what do they mean by this statement?

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Correct Answer: Symbols are only meaningful because people agree that they share a meaning.

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Communication can be conveyed through which four senses?

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Correct Answer: Visual, olfactory, auditory, and tactile

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