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1
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a contact language with a simplified grammatical structure is called a

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pidgin

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2
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the development of a pidgin into a creole by children learning it as a native language is evidence supporting

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that language is instinctual

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3
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creolization is evidence that

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children have the instinct to develop a simplified language into a fully grammatical one

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4
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for creolization to happen you need to have

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native speakers

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5
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Hawaiian language and Hawaiian “pidgin” are diff languages

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true

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6
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“English is the language of freedom; others are languages of oppression and un-Americanness” This statement best exemplifies:

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  • linguistic determinism
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7
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in what year did the US gov pass the Native American languages act to protect and promote Native American language

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1990

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8
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how many republics were there in the USSR

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15

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9
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what does lexical mean

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relating to words or vocabulary

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10
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surzhyk is

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a language that mixes elements of Ukrainian and russian

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11
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which of these is one of traditional 4 main subfields of American anthropology: archaeology, sociology, paleontology, semiotics

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archaeology

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12
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the 1st professor of anthropology in the US was

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  • franz boas
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13
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which of the following words is least arbitrary (most connected/motivated) in relation to what it means: red, fresh, roar, roast, fear

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roar

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14
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which of the following words seems the most arbitrary in relation to what it means: whisper, swear, twitter, howl, bark

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swear

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15
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the idea that language determines how we think is most accurately labeled as

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the strong whorf hypothesis

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16
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the comoro islands where ottenheimer did her research are closest to which continent

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africa

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17
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vervet monkey communication

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has the feature of discreteness

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18
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which design feature is truly unique to humans

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reflexiveness

19
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the vocal tract of human infants

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  • is similar to that of adult neanderthals
20
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the technical term for a language disorder is

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aphasia

21
Q

the critical period for learning a first language is

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by age 6

22
Q

the number of neurons and synapses in our brain continues to increase throughout our lifetime

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  • false
23
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a child saying “I runned’ is an example of

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overgeneralization

24
Q

the ability to understand pointing best shows understanding of

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indexical signs

25
Q

mad in IPA

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m ae d

26
Q

boot in IPA

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b u t

27
Q

which of these has highest front vowel: arm, route, eat, at, it

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eat

28
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which of these is a minimal pair in English:
1. tea, tee
2. bare, bear
3. care, car
4. deer, dear

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care, car

29
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serial killer and cereal killer

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homophone

30
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which of these is not a distinctive feature of sign language: hand shape, hand size, hand orientation, hand movement, hand placement relative to body

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hand size

31
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most sign languages are mutually intelligible

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false

32
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which one of these is a suprasegmental feature (not a distinctive phonological feature) in English:

voicedness, place of articulation, loudness, roundedness

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loudness

33
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which of these is rarest in English

affix, prefix, infix, suffix

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infix

34
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which of these is accomplished primarily in the act of speaking

helping, hating, promising, impressing

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promising

35
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who tends to use more backchannel cues

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women

36
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who tends to use more hedges

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women

37
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nodding your head and saying “mhmm” are called

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backchannel cues

38
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what can you use to make outrageous behavior normal

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framing

39
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the goal of pragmatics is to analyze

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speech acts

40
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how old is the political division of the world into “nations” approx

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300 years

41
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a dialect continuum means that

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language varies gradually across space, with greater differences at greater distances

42
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what is imagined community

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feeling of solidarity with people you may never actually meet

43
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