Test Bank for A Concise Introduction to Linguistics, 6th edition Bruce Rowe and Diane Levine All Chapters 1-14 Covered

Test Bank
A Concise Introduction to Linguistics,
6th edition Bruce Rowe and Diane Levine
All Chapters 1-14 Covered




Informationd Classification:d General

, TABLE OF CONTENT
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1dIntroduction:dThedNaturedofdCommunication

2dPhonetics:dThedSoundsdUseddindLanguages

3dPhonology:dThedSounddPatternsdUseddindLanguages

4dMorphology:dWordsdanddHowdtheydaredFormed

5dSyntax:dThedLargerdPatternsdofdLanguage

6dSemantics:dThedStudydofdMeaning

7dPragmatics:dHowdLanguagedisdUseddanddThedEffectdofdContextdondMeaning

8dSociolinguistics:dLanguagedanddSociety

9dLinguisticdAnthropology:dLanguagedanddCulture

10dLanguagedAcquisition:dHowdChildrend(anddothers)dLearndLanguage

11dSigndLanguage:dThedLanguagedofdthedDeafdCommunity

12dWritingdSystems:dThedGraphicdRepresentationdofdLanguage

13dNonverbaldCommunication:dCommunicatingdWithoutdWords

14dHistoricaldLinguistics:dThedHistorydofdLanguages




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, Chapter 1 The Nature of Communication
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True/False Questions d




1. Linguisticdcompetencedrefersdtodthedsubconsciousdknowledgedofdone’sdlanguage.dAnswe
r:dT


2. Languagedisddependentdondhearingdordspeech.dAnswer:dF


3. IndChapterd1,dweddiscussdvariousdtypesdofdanimaldcommunicationdbecausedcompari
sondofdthosedsystemsdofdcommunicationdcandaiddusdindunderstandingdhumandcomm
unication. Answer:dT


4. Alldanimalsdhavedadlanguage.dAnswer:dF


5. Birddcallsdtenddtodbedspeciesdspecific.dAnswer:dF


6. Birddsongsdtenddtodbedspeciesdspecific.dAnswer:dT


7. Alldresearchersdnowdagreedthatdapesdcandlearndlanguage.dAnswer:dF


8. Adpersondwhodstuttersdhasdadproblemdwithdlinguisticdcompetence.dAnswer:dF


9. ThedfactdthatdmanydnewdwordsdaredaddeddtodEnglishdeachdyearddemonstratesdthatdEnglish
,dlikedanydlanguage,disdandopendsystem.dAnswer:dT


10. Birdsdanddbeesdgenerallydlearndmostdofdtheirdcommunicationdsystemsdfromdotherdmemb
ersdofdtheirdsocialdgroups.dAnswer:dF


11. Thedtermsdlanguagedanddcommunicationdcandbeduseddinterchangeablydbecausedtheydm
eandthedsamedthing.dAnswer:dF




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, 12. Oneddifferencedbetweendapes’dusedofdsignd“language”danddadhuman’sdusedofdlanguage,disd
thatdapesdseldomdinitiatedcommunicationdwhereasdhumans,dincludingdyoungdchildren,dfre
quentlydinitiatedcommunicationdwithdothers.dAnswer:dT


13. Humansdcommunicatedindbothdverbaldanddnonverbaldways.dAnswer:dT


14. Redundancydindadmessagedhelpsdovercomed“static”.dAnswer:dT


15. Birddsongsdaredgenerallydmoredelaboratedthandbirdcalls.dAnswer:dT


16. Thedcharacteristicdofdlanguagesdthatdallowdpeopledtodcoindnewdwordsdasdneededdisdcalledd
discreteness.dAnswer:dF


17. Linguisticdforms,dsuchdasdwordsdordsentences,dhavedandarbitrarydrelationshipdtodtheird
meaning.dAnswer:dT


18. Compareddtodnonhumandcommunication,dhumandlinguisticdcommunicationdtendsdtodbedsti
mulus-bound.dAnswer:dF


19. Thedfactdthatdadpersondcandtalkdaboutdthedpastdordanticipatedthedfuturedillustratesdthedchara
cteristicdofdlanguagedcalledddisplacement.dAnswer:dT


20. SomedresearchersdbelievedthatdKanzidprocessesdadbasicdunderstandingdofdsimpledgramm
ar.dAnswer:dT


21. Alexdthedparrot,dasdwelldasdthedapesdthatdhavedbeenduseddindlanguagedexperiments,dhavedbe
endabledtodlearndlanguagedatdthedleveldofdaboutdadfive-year-olddhuman.

Answer:d F


22. Culturedshockdoccursdwhendadpersondinteractsdwithdadpersondordpeopledfromdadforeigndcult
uredandddisorientationdanddanxietydoccursdwhendsocialdexpectationsdarednotdmetdbecaused
ofdadlackdofdknowledgedofdthednormsdofdthedother’sdculture.dAnswer:dT




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