LING 115 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
Q1 Language is predominantly lateralized to the left hemisphere of the
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brain. This fact is supported by the fact that: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Brocas's and Wernicke' area of language processing are located in the
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left hemisphere of the brain.
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Q2 Social Intelligence Theory of the origin of language states that
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cognitive structure that is responsible for social cohesiveness, social
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hierarchy present in other primates co-opted (co-evolved) in human
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beings too. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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Q3 According to mentalists (Chomsky, Newmeyer, Bickerton et. al.),
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language is a mental representation of our conceptual (thought) system.
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|- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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Q4 Comparative biology assumes that if a trait found in humans appears
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in closely related non-human primates, then it was probably present in
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the last common ancestor of these species. Is this statement true of
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human language? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Not True
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,Q5 ´Presence of language faculty in Homo Sapiens (Human ancestors) is
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relatively recent (less than 150 kya). - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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Q6 ´Primate calls are essentially innate whereas human language is
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culturally transmitted. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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Q7 The animal communication system is an open-ended system. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-False |
Q8 Human language displays 'duality of patterning'. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-True
Q9´Neocortex region of the human brain (frontal cortex) is highly
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developed and larger than other primates accommodating the verbal
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articulation (language) ability in the human species. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-True
Q1 According to Pinker, the term 'grammar' refers to: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-a discrete combinatorial system that facilitates generating
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infinite string of sentences.generating
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Q2 The sentence "This is the cat that ate the rat that drank the malt that
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lay in the house that Jack built..." illustrates the property of 'recursion'
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of the human language system. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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, Q3 Children who have limitations in other cognitive faculties also exhibit
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linguistic dysfunction. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-False
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Q4 The sentence Colorless green ideas sleep furiously is nonsensical or
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meaningless. Nonetheless, it is structurally a well-formed sentence. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True |
Q5 Word Chain Devise or "Markov" model is insufficient to explain the
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structural relationship between words in sentences. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-True
Q6 The human language system depends on the probability principle. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-False |
Q7 Human language is structure-dependent. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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True
Q8 Representing human language hierarchically helps explain the non-
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adjacent structural relationship between words locally. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-True
Q9 Hierarchical structure, as a universal property of human language
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and the specific order in which heads and their arguments appear, is not
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CORRECT ANSWERS
Q1 Language is predominantly lateralized to the left hemisphere of the
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brain. This fact is supported by the fact that: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Brocas's and Wernicke' area of language processing are located in the
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left hemisphere of the brain.
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Q2 Social Intelligence Theory of the origin of language states that
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cognitive structure that is responsible for social cohesiveness, social
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hierarchy present in other primates co-opted (co-evolved) in human
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beings too. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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Q3 According to mentalists (Chomsky, Newmeyer, Bickerton et. al.),
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language is a mental representation of our conceptual (thought) system.
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|- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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Q4 Comparative biology assumes that if a trait found in humans appears
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in closely related non-human primates, then it was probably present in
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the last common ancestor of these species. Is this statement true of
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human language? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Not True
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,Q5 ´Presence of language faculty in Homo Sapiens (Human ancestors) is
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relatively recent (less than 150 kya). - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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Q6 ´Primate calls are essentially innate whereas human language is
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culturally transmitted. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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Q7 The animal communication system is an open-ended system. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-False |
Q8 Human language displays 'duality of patterning'. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-True
Q9´Neocortex region of the human brain (frontal cortex) is highly
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developed and larger than other primates accommodating the verbal
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articulation (language) ability in the human species. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-True
Q1 According to Pinker, the term 'grammar' refers to: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-a discrete combinatorial system that facilitates generating
| | | | | | |
infinite string of sentences.generating
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Q2 The sentence "This is the cat that ate the rat that drank the malt that
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lay in the house that Jack built..." illustrates the property of 'recursion'
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of the human language system. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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, Q3 Children who have limitations in other cognitive faculties also exhibit
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linguistic dysfunction. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-False
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Q4 The sentence Colorless green ideas sleep furiously is nonsensical or
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meaningless. Nonetheless, it is structurally a well-formed sentence. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True |
Q5 Word Chain Devise or "Markov" model is insufficient to explain the
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structural relationship between words in sentences. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-True
Q6 The human language system depends on the probability principle. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-False |
Q7 Human language is structure-dependent. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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True
Q8 Representing human language hierarchically helps explain the non-
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adjacent structural relationship between words locally. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-True
Q9 Hierarchical structure, as a universal property of human language
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and the specific order in which heads and their arguments appear, is not
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