ANT 3610 QUIZ FINAL | QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
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A sign that refers to its object by virtue of convention or habit.
Symbol
Index
Language ideology
Pragmatics
Semiosis - Answers -Symbol
In Jakobson's model of multifunctionality, when an utterance is directed at itself, the
predominant function is:
conative
referential
phatic
poetic
expressive - Answers -poetic
Which of the following is NOT one of four key terms introduced by Ahearn in chapter 1?
Pragmatics
Language ideology
Multifunctionality
Practice - Answers -Pragmatics
In Jakobson's model of multifunctionality, when an utterance is directed at the channel,
the predominant function is:
referential
Phatic
metalinguistic
poetic - Answers -Phatic
The basic idea underlying practice theory is that:
Structures produce language.
Human actions give rise to language
language is best acquire with repeated practice.
Structures at the same time constrain and give rise to human actions. - Answers -
Structures at the same time constrain and give rise to human actions.
All words are examples of indexicality - Answers -True
In Goffman's model of communication, the role of the person whose opinions are
expressed is called the:
Voicebox
Principal
, Animator
Author - Answers -Principal
A culturally-specific form of language socialization of infants in the United States is
which of the following:
ignoring infants until they learn to speak
one-on-one conversations
code-switching
self-lowering
theory of mind - Answers -self-lowering AND (??? - one more answer, but I don't know)
In Chomsky's view, a range of possible human languages hard-wired into the brain is
called:
language socialization
"language" nodule
universal grammar
multilingualism
environmental influence - Answers -universal grammar
Which of the following is not an acceptable research method in linguistic anthropology?
Surreptitiously recording students having a naturally occurring conversation in a
hallway outside of class.
Creating a survey about multilingualism.
Reading and analyzing 19th century love letters.
Designing a matched guise test to measure subjects' language ideologies about the
use of foreign languages in public places.
Conducting participant observation research at a bar. - Answers -Surreptitiously
recording students having a naturally occurring conversation in a hallway outside of
class.
According to Basso, Apache children introduced joking in English about the "Whiteman"
into their culture. This is an example of:
All of these
Language acquisition
Universal Grammar
code-switching - Answers -All of these
Where did Labov study speech communities?
Boston
New York
London
Mexico - Answers -New York
In his work with Yucatec Maya children in Mexico, John Lucy noticed that after the age
of nine, Maya children tended to:
focus more on shape than material composition
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A sign that refers to its object by virtue of convention or habit.
Symbol
Index
Language ideology
Pragmatics
Semiosis - Answers -Symbol
In Jakobson's model of multifunctionality, when an utterance is directed at itself, the
predominant function is:
conative
referential
phatic
poetic
expressive - Answers -poetic
Which of the following is NOT one of four key terms introduced by Ahearn in chapter 1?
Pragmatics
Language ideology
Multifunctionality
Practice - Answers -Pragmatics
In Jakobson's model of multifunctionality, when an utterance is directed at the channel,
the predominant function is:
referential
Phatic
metalinguistic
poetic - Answers -Phatic
The basic idea underlying practice theory is that:
Structures produce language.
Human actions give rise to language
language is best acquire with repeated practice.
Structures at the same time constrain and give rise to human actions. - Answers -
Structures at the same time constrain and give rise to human actions.
All words are examples of indexicality - Answers -True
In Goffman's model of communication, the role of the person whose opinions are
expressed is called the:
Voicebox
Principal
, Animator
Author - Answers -Principal
A culturally-specific form of language socialization of infants in the United States is
which of the following:
ignoring infants until they learn to speak
one-on-one conversations
code-switching
self-lowering
theory of mind - Answers -self-lowering AND (??? - one more answer, but I don't know)
In Chomsky's view, a range of possible human languages hard-wired into the brain is
called:
language socialization
"language" nodule
universal grammar
multilingualism
environmental influence - Answers -universal grammar
Which of the following is not an acceptable research method in linguistic anthropology?
Surreptitiously recording students having a naturally occurring conversation in a
hallway outside of class.
Creating a survey about multilingualism.
Reading and analyzing 19th century love letters.
Designing a matched guise test to measure subjects' language ideologies about the
use of foreign languages in public places.
Conducting participant observation research at a bar. - Answers -Surreptitiously
recording students having a naturally occurring conversation in a hallway outside of
class.
According to Basso, Apache children introduced joking in English about the "Whiteman"
into their culture. This is an example of:
All of these
Language acquisition
Universal Grammar
code-switching - Answers -All of these
Where did Labov study speech communities?
Boston
New York
London
Mexico - Answers -New York
In his work with Yucatec Maya children in Mexico, John Lucy noticed that after the age
of nine, Maya children tended to:
focus more on shape than material composition
