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Lesson 9 Flashcards

1
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The 3 specific ways in which language is of utmost importance to people:

A

psychologically
socially
spiritually

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2
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“idiolect” definition

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a person’s total set of language habits

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“dialect” definition

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a collection of idiolects with shared commonalities

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4
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Which scholar had this opinion regarding languages? (options: Confucius, Emerson, Longacre, Orwell, Urban)

names dictate appropriate relationships

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Confucius

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5
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Which scholar had this opinion regarding languages? (options: Confucius, Emerson, Longacre, Orwell, Urban)

bad rhetoric makes bad people

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Emerson

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Which scholar had this opinion regarding languages? (options: Confucius, Emerson, Longacre, Orwell, Urban)

sloppy language makes for sloppy thought

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Orwell

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7
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Which scholar had this opinion regarding languages? (options: Confucius, Emerson, Longacre, Orwell, Urban)

miracle of language is understood as transcendental

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Urban

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8
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Which scholar had this opinion regarding languages? (options: Confucius, Emerson, Longacre, Orwell, Urban)

languages are a gift of God

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Longacre

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9
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Which term (dialect, hamartia, idiolect, mokusatsu) fits the definition given?

to ignore

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mokusatsu

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10
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Which term (dialect, hamartia, idiolect, mokusatsu) fits the definition given?

sin in the abstract and the concrete

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hamartia

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11
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Which term (dialect, hamartia, idiolect, mokusatsu) fits the definition given?

to refrain from comment

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mokusatsu

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12
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Which term (dialect, hamartia, idiolect, mokusatsu) fits the definition given?

a person’s total set of language habits

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idiolect

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Which term (dialect, hamartia, idiolect, mokusatsu) fits the definition given?

a collection of idiolects with shared commonalities

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dialect

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14
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How is Adam’s superiority over the lesser creatures demonstrated when we first meet him in the Bible?

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in his authority to name them

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15
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Indicators that stress why cross-cultural missionaries should learn the language of the receptor culture

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the indicators are suitability of any language as a vehicle for conveying God’s truth and resurgence of popularity in modernizing nations of their own language

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16
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Statements of the subject of
English as a Lingua Franca in Missionary Communication are listed below. Circle each TRUE statement.

1
It heightens the feeling among people of the receptor culture that Christianity is and will remain a foreign religion.
2
English is quite inadequate for expressing simple theological truths
3
Imperialistic overtones, which hearken back to the exploitation of colonialism, are always a part of English expression.
4
It tends to limit converts to English-speaking people of the receptor culture

A

1, 4

17
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State biblical examples that prove the need for missionaries to speak the language of their hearers.

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Paul speaking Greek to the Roman commander and Hebrew to the crowd of Jews in Acts

18
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Language can be correctly defined as “the inventory of culture” because it…

1
is so difficult to learn
2
reveals so much about a people
3
is often illogical
4
is always based on universal logic

A

2

19
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List 5 methods for learning languages in the order in which they were used through the centuries.

A

Grammar
direct
phonetic
reading
linguistic

20
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Select each TRUE statement.

1
Each person’s idiolect is entirely material and not learned from others.
2
Disregard for his or her hearers’ expectations helps one to master their language.
3
Correctness in language usage is determined by its social acceptablity

A

3

21
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State what cultural submersion means with reference to learning the language of another culture

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It means to learn to associate specific linguistic utterances with specific situations in order to understand the assumptions that lie behind the words.

22
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In language learning, one must become like ___-

A

a child

23
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3 language learning tips

A

become psychologically as a little child,
engage in some activity to reduce shyness,
take hope in the fact that you have already learned a language

24
Q

Match the statement on the theory of language and culture with the persons who emphasized it (Chomsky-Longacre or Sapir-Whorf).

human beings do not have a common logical way of thinking independently of language

A

Sapir-Whorf

25
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Match the statement on the theory of language and culture with the persons who emphasized it (Chomsky-Longacre or Sapir-Whorf).

there are language universals underlying surface differences.

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Chomsky-Longacre

26
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Match the statement on the theory of language and culture with the persons who emphasized it (Chomsky-Longacre or Sapir-Whorf).

humankind’s basic reasoning system as expressed in varied languages is more similar than dissimilar.

A

Chomsky-Longacre

27
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Match the statement on the theory of language and culture with the persons who emphasized it (Chomsky-Longacre or Sapir-Whorf).

language helps to shape our worldview rather than only describing worldview

A

Sapir-Whorf

28
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Match the statement on the theory of language and culture with the persons who emphasized it (Chomsky-Longacre or Sapir-Whorf).

beneath the surface languages tend to be comparable

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Chomsky-Longacre

29
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Describe the aid to the analysis of different cultures stated by Franz Boas.

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an aid to the analysis of different cultures can be phonetic elements and sound clusters that he calls “word stems” (vocabulary) of which each language has a limited number available for the expression of ideas

30
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In his study of Eastern ways of thinking, Nakamura’s analysis indicates that Chinese thinking is like the thinking of primitive peoples and tends to be….

1
concrete relational
2
many directional
3
active
4
abstract

A

1

31
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State why Hesselgrave does not think it strange that the Holy Spirit used a number of Greek words in the New Testament to instruct us concerning evil.

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because God’s revelation must present a diagnosis of our problem of evil before we can appreciate the prescription for its cure

32
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The ultimate factor in any respondent’s receptivity of the gospel of Christ will be…

1
understanding theories of language and culture by cross-cultural communicators
2
the cross-cultural communicator’s manner of presenting the gospel
3
the presentation of the gospel according to the cultural absolutes of the Bible
4
the preparation of the person’s heart by the Holy Spirit

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