Chapter 1

Question 1

Linguistic anthropology and anthropological linguistics mean exactly the same thing

Answer 1

False

Question 2

No language is really more complex or simpler or easier than any other; no language is harder or easier to learn than any other

Answer 2

False

Question 3

While linguists are primarily interested in the structure of languages, linguistic anthropologists study the relationship between language on the one hand and culture and society on the other hand

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The founding father of American anthropology is:

Answer 4

Franz Boas

Question 5

According to Edward Sapir, it is the _ in a language that reflects the culture

Answer 5

Vocabulary

Question 6

Sapir’s description of the morphology of the _ language demonstrated that non-Western languages can be as complex as any language found in Europe

Answer 6

Takelma

Question 7

Anthropology is the _ study of humankind

Answer 7

Holistic

Question 8

What is sociocultural anthropology?

Answer 8

Study of how a society organizes itself and how humans understand their identity within that society

Question 9

Can someone without language still think the same way as someone without it?

Answer 9

No because language affects and reflects our lives in so many ways. Language is so interconnected with cognition it is difficult to imagine a functioning human being that doesn’t have language