ANT 3610 FINAL | QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ACCURATE ANSWERS | LATEST UPDATED
In Gapun, men are traditionally thought to be more rational and even-tempered than
women. Because they are thought to be more progressive and "civilized", men prefer to
speak in Taiap, the creole national language of Papua New Guinea. - Answers -False
Rather than being expressive of a pre-existing, stable identity, gender is performative. -
Answers -Rather than being expressive of a pre-existing, stable identity, gender is
performative.
The view that scholars like Jack Goody maintain that the advent of literacy in a society
will cause the same social and psychological effects is known as: - Answers -
autonomous approach
The concept of "governmentality" is most closely associated with the writings of theorist:
- Answers -Michel Foucault
The concerted effort to teach children an endangered language and to invest in its
survival through education and promotion is called: - Answers -language revitalization
Extensive genetic research has demonstrated that race is biologically defined. -
Answers -False
In the article, "Letter from Alaska: Last Words," Elizabeth Kolbert seeks an interview
with Chief [Marie Smith Jones], the last native speaker of the language. - Answers -
Eyak
The idea that studies of literacy should focus on the activities, events and ideological
manifestations of literacy is called: - Answers -the ideological approach
90% of the world's languages are considered endangered. - Answers -True
According to Jack Goody, the advent of literacy in a society will cause the same social
and psychological effects, no matter which society is being studied. This approach is
commonly called: - Answers -Autonomous
In Papua New Guinea, a
is an angry monologue performed almost exclusively by women in
, the local language which is going extinct. - Answers -kros, taiap
, "Rather than asking what kinds of cognitive processes and conceptual structures are
involved, [Lave and Wegner] ask what kinds of social engagements provide the proper
context for learning to take place" The preceding quotation from the work of William F
Hanks refers to which of the following: - Answers -Communities of practice
In the film "The Linguists," the last speaker of which Native North American language
speaks about his experiences being the last speaker of his language? - Answers -
Chemehuevi
The following term refers to the compartmentalized use of two languages that are
hierarchically related to one another. - Answers -diglossia
Noam Chomsky posits that performance and context are central to our understanding of
Universal Grammar. - Answers -False
The idea that studies of literacy should focus on the activities, events and ideological
manifestations of literacy is called: - Answers -the ideological approach
A common criticism of the sex=biology, gender=culture binary is that (choose the BEST
possible answer): - Answers -This dichotomy does not account for the experience of
transgendered individuals.
"Copula deletion" in African American English refers to: - Answers -The omission of the
conjugated "be" to indicate present-tense action when the utterance does not end with
that verb.
According to Cameron, a characteristic of the "myth of Mars and Venus" is: - Answers -
Women are more verbally skilled than men.
American
, also known as the "one drop" rule, dictates that children born from mixed black and
white couples be identified as black. - Answers -hypodescent
In the United States and Canada, 149 of the 187 Native languages are moribund. -
Answers -True
Which of the following is a characteristic of AAE? - Answers -Both A and C
Studies have decisively shown that men are more competitive and women are more
cooperative. This is reflected in male and female speech patterns. - Answers -False
Although stereotypes associated with each gender vary from culture to culture, what
doesn't vary is the fact that those characteristics associated with males are always
considered positive by members of that society. - Answers -True
ACCURATE ANSWERS | LATEST UPDATED
In Gapun, men are traditionally thought to be more rational and even-tempered than
women. Because they are thought to be more progressive and "civilized", men prefer to
speak in Taiap, the creole national language of Papua New Guinea. - Answers -False
Rather than being expressive of a pre-existing, stable identity, gender is performative. -
Answers -Rather than being expressive of a pre-existing, stable identity, gender is
performative.
The view that scholars like Jack Goody maintain that the advent of literacy in a society
will cause the same social and psychological effects is known as: - Answers -
autonomous approach
The concept of "governmentality" is most closely associated with the writings of theorist:
- Answers -Michel Foucault
The concerted effort to teach children an endangered language and to invest in its
survival through education and promotion is called: - Answers -language revitalization
Extensive genetic research has demonstrated that race is biologically defined. -
Answers -False
In the article, "Letter from Alaska: Last Words," Elizabeth Kolbert seeks an interview
with Chief [Marie Smith Jones], the last native speaker of the language. - Answers -
Eyak
The idea that studies of literacy should focus on the activities, events and ideological
manifestations of literacy is called: - Answers -the ideological approach
90% of the world's languages are considered endangered. - Answers -True
According to Jack Goody, the advent of literacy in a society will cause the same social
and psychological effects, no matter which society is being studied. This approach is
commonly called: - Answers -Autonomous
In Papua New Guinea, a
is an angry monologue performed almost exclusively by women in
, the local language which is going extinct. - Answers -kros, taiap
, "Rather than asking what kinds of cognitive processes and conceptual structures are
involved, [Lave and Wegner] ask what kinds of social engagements provide the proper
context for learning to take place" The preceding quotation from the work of William F
Hanks refers to which of the following: - Answers -Communities of practice
In the film "The Linguists," the last speaker of which Native North American language
speaks about his experiences being the last speaker of his language? - Answers -
Chemehuevi
The following term refers to the compartmentalized use of two languages that are
hierarchically related to one another. - Answers -diglossia
Noam Chomsky posits that performance and context are central to our understanding of
Universal Grammar. - Answers -False
The idea that studies of literacy should focus on the activities, events and ideological
manifestations of literacy is called: - Answers -the ideological approach
A common criticism of the sex=biology, gender=culture binary is that (choose the BEST
possible answer): - Answers -This dichotomy does not account for the experience of
transgendered individuals.
"Copula deletion" in African American English refers to: - Answers -The omission of the
conjugated "be" to indicate present-tense action when the utterance does not end with
that verb.
According to Cameron, a characteristic of the "myth of Mars and Venus" is: - Answers -
Women are more verbally skilled than men.
American
, also known as the "one drop" rule, dictates that children born from mixed black and
white couples be identified as black. - Answers -hypodescent
In the United States and Canada, 149 of the 187 Native languages are moribund. -
Answers -True
Which of the following is a characteristic of AAE? - Answers -Both A and C
Studies have decisively shown that men are more competitive and women are more
cooperative. This is reflected in male and female speech patterns. - Answers -False
Although stereotypes associated with each gender vary from culture to culture, what
doesn't vary is the fact that those characteristics associated with males are always
considered positive by members of that society. - Answers -True
