Question 1

According to linguistic anthropologists, why don't our pets actually understand a rudimentary form of English?

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Chimpanzees and gorillas clearly have th...

Question 2

Early anthropologists such as Franz Boas saw little use for language as a mechanism for understanding culture.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

A stoplight is a visual example of which of the following?

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A)   Symbol
B)   Langue
C)   Sign
D)   ParoleE) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 4

In England, the dialect one speaks marks you as a person of a very specialized social class. What is it about our regional or social dialect that allows people to classify us and view us through unflattering stereotypes?

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Another interesting way to think about phonology is to consider accents and dialects, which are regional or social variations of a single language. Sometimes the variation occurs between generations or among people of different social classes. Part of the distinctive sound of these forms of speech results from differences in "intonation," the pattern of rising and falling pitch, but careful analysis of the sounds usually shows that accents and dialects also have systematic differences in their respective sound systems.

Question 5

To what extent do our American English grammatical categories shape the ways we anticipate events that occur in the world around us? Consider, for example, how the use of the English pronouns "he," "she," "they," and "it" affects social relationships.

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American English has fewer pronouns than...

Question 6

The US government's prohibition of Native American children speaking their indigenous languages in Indian schools has contributed most profoundly to

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A)   ethnocentrism.
B)   cultural relativism.
C)   language death.
D)   language ideology.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 7

Languages change very slowly, taking generations or even centuries.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

de Saussure's concept of parole is the

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A)   way people actually speak a language.
B)   formal rules of language.
C)   structure of speech sounds.
D)   order of words.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 9

The study of how people classify things in the world is called

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A)   ethnography.
B)   sociolinguistics.
C)   ethnoscience.
D)   biological determinism.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 10

What is the name for studying the way that language serves as a way to distinguish the way that people actually speak from the idealized ways that they are supposed to speak in a culture?

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A)   Ethnography of speaking
B)   Sociolinguistics
C)   Historical particularism
D)   Rapid appraisalE) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 11

How is communication between animals (call system communication) different from human language?

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It is clear that some apes have the abil...

Question 12

_____________ refers to the structure of speech sounds.

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A)   Cognates
B)   Parole
C)   Phonology
D)   SyntaxE) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 13

If you wanted to study how athletes and non-athletes used language differently on your campus, how would you go about finding this out?

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Linguistic anthropologists, like cultural anthropologists, work directly with their informants or research subjects. Thus, much of their research involves fieldwork, building rapport with informants, and long periods of immersion in another culture. But the specific field strategy that a linguistic anthropologist adopts will depend on the kind of questions he or she is asking about the use of language in a particular culture.

Question 14

Today most anthropologists accept a ________ version of the linguistic relativity argument: the language habits of a community create tendencies to think about the world in certain ways and not others.

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A)   strong (deterministic) 
B)   weak (nondeterministic) 
C)   irrelevant
D)   symbolicE) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 15

An anthropologist who looks at speech acts as performances by recording narrative speech acts in the form of verses and stanzas rather than as prose paragraphs to capture the performative elements of speech is conducting

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A)   comparative ethnography.
B)   ethnopoetics.
C)   historical archaeology.
D)   morphology.E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 16

According to anthropologist Sherry Ortner's analysis, the American flag is an example of

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A)   a key scenario.
B)   a sign.
C)   an elaborating symbol.
D)   a summarizing symbol.E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 17

How do language ideologies marginalize groups of people? Give an example to illustrate your answer.

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The concept of language ideology refers to the ideologies people have about the superiority of one dialect or language and the inferiority of others. A language ideology links language use with identity, morality, and aesthetics. It shapes our image of who we are as individuals, as members of social groups, and as participants in social institutions.

Question 18

Nineteenth-century European colonial powers often introduced their own language as the official language in places like sub-Saharan Africa because they viewed indigenous languages as socially inferior.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

How does understanding that men and women speak differently, even though they both speak American English, help us to understand patterns of social behavior?

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In her research, Robin Lakoff described ...

Question 20

How words fit together to make meaningful units is called

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A)   phonology.
B)   morphology.
C)   syntax.
D)   cognates.E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Exam 4: Linguistic Anthropology: Relating Language and Culture

According to linguistic anthropologists, why don't our pets actually understand a rudimentary form of English?

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Chimpanzees and gorillas clearly have th...
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Early anthropologists such as Franz Boas saw little use for language as a mechanism for understanding culture.

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A stoplight is a visual example of which of the following?

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In England, the dialect one speaks marks you as a person of a very specialized social class. What is it about our regional or social dialect that allows people to classify us and view us through unflattering stereotypes?

To what extent do our American English grammatical categories shape the ways we anticipate events that occur in the world around us? Consider, for example, how the use of the English pronouns "he," "she," "they," and "it" affects social relationships.

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American English has fewer pronouns than...
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The US government's prohibition of Native American children speaking their indigenous languages in Indian schools has contributed most profoundly to

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Languages change very slowly, taking generations or even centuries.

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de Saussure's concept of parole is the

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The study of how people classify things in the world is called

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What is the name for studying the way that language serves as a way to distinguish the way that people actually speak from the idealized ways that they are supposed to speak in a culture?

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How is communication between animals (call system communication) different from human language?

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It is clear that some apes have the abil...
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_____________ refers to the structure of speech sounds.

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If you wanted to study how athletes and non-athletes used language differently on your campus, how would you go about finding this out?

Today most anthropologists accept a ________ version of the linguistic relativity argument: the language habits of a community create tendencies to think about the world in certain ways and not others.

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An anthropologist who looks at speech acts as performances by recording narrative speech acts in the form of verses and stanzas rather than as prose paragraphs to capture the performative elements of speech is conducting

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According to anthropologist Sherry Ortner's analysis, the American flag is an example of

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How do language ideologies marginalize groups of people? Give an example to illustrate your answer.

Nineteenth-century European colonial powers often introduced their own language as the official language in places like sub-Saharan Africa because they viewed indigenous languages as socially inferior.

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How does understanding that men and women speak differently, even though they both speak American English, help us to understand patterns of social behavior?

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In her research, Robin Lakoff described ...
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How words fit together to make meaningful units is called

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Early anthropologists such as Franz Boas saw little use for language as a mechanism for understanding culture.

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To what extent do our American English grammatical categories shape the ways we anticipate events that occur in the world around us? Consider, for example, how the use of the English pronouns "he," "she," "they," and "it" affects social relationships.

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The US government's prohibition of Native American children speaking their indigenous languages in Indian schools has contributed most profoundly to

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Languages change very slowly, taking generations or even centuries.

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de Saussure's concept of parole is the

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The study of how people classify things in the world is called

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What is the name for studying the way that language serves as a way to distinguish the way that people actually speak from the idealized ways that they are supposed to speak in a culture?

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How is communication between animals (call system communication) different from human language?

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_____________ refers to the structure of speech sounds.

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If you wanted to study how athletes and non-athletes used language differently on your campus, how would you go about finding this out?

Today most anthropologists accept a ________ version of the linguistic relativity argument: the language habits of a community create tendencies to think about the world in certain ways and not others.

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An anthropologist who looks at speech acts as performances by recording narrative speech acts in the form of verses and stanzas rather than as prose paragraphs to capture the performative elements of speech is conducting

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According to anthropologist Sherry Ortner's analysis, the American flag is an example of

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How do language ideologies marginalize groups of people? Give an example to illustrate your answer.

Nineteenth-century European colonial powers often introduced their own language as the official language in places like sub-Saharan Africa because they viewed indigenous languages as socially inferior.

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How does understanding that men and women speak differently, even though they both speak American English, help us to understand patterns of social behavior?

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