The “Sapir-Whorf hypothesis,” although never formulated as a hypothesis by either
Edward Sapir or Benjamin Lee Whorf, has two forms: Strong Whorf and Weaker
Whorf. In Strong Whorf, language is compared to a:
a. room.
b. prison.
c. road.
d. ocean.
When I compare the Hindi words k l (which means “to open”) and k l (which means ʰʊ ʊ
“total”) in, I am working to
a) identify phonemes in Hindi.
b) compare pulmonic and non-pulmonic consonants.
c) analyze conditioned variation of allophones of the phoneme /k/
d) analyze conditioned variation of allophones of the phoneme / / ʊ
The design feature of language that refers to the fact that the units used for
communication can be separated into distinct units that cannot be mistaken for one
other is which of the following?
a. discreteness
b. displacement
c. productivity
d. broadcast transmission and directional reception
A situation where two or more varieties of the same language are used by speakers in
different kinds of settings is called what?
a. slang
b. diglossia
c. lexochronotology
d. bilingualism
Which of the following uses combinations of logographic and syllabic signs?
a. logographic writing
b. alphabetic writing
c. logosyllabic writing
d. syllabic writing
The analysis of words and how they are structured is called:
a. phonology.
b. morphology.
c. morphemes.
d. phonemes.
Members of the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma
____________________________________________
a. have engaged in concerted work to revitalize their language, Na”ish .aa
b. ceased speaking their language, Na”ish in the 19aa th century.
c. have no interest in maintaining their language, Na”ish .aa
d. are almost all fluent or semi-fluent in their language, Na”ish . aa
The area of linguistic anthropology that examines and describes the ways that words are
arranged into phrases and sentences is called:
a. phonology.
b. morphology.
c. syntax.
d. transformational grammar.
Research indicates that creoles
a. are created by elders who are skilled language users.
b. are developed by teachers applying dominant grammar to the pidgin.
c. may be related to the 10th century pidgin Sabir
d. demonstrate clearly the absence of anything like a Universal Grammar
Linguistic indication of non-neutral forms of words is called
a. marking.
b. painting.
c. noting.
d. switching.
The design feature “duality of patterning” refers to the human capacity to:
a. connect a large set of sounds to a small object (i.e. microorganism) and a small set of
sounds to a large object (i.e. whale).
b. create ambiguous sentences with dual meanings based on syntactic patterns.
c. say one thing while intending to say another, indicating the second meaning with tone
of voice.
d. create nearly infinite combinations of finite sets of language units.
The study of how people perceive and use space, developed by anthropologist Edward
T. Hall in the 1950s and “60s, is called:
a. spaciology.
b. proxemics.
c. kinesics.
d. choreology.
In the Comoro Islands, household space is often divided into areas separated by:
a. social class.
b. gender.
c. age.
d. race.
The difference between language and dialect has mostly to do with:
a. strict linguistic measures of mutual intelligibility.
b. the number of words that are shared.
c. social and political attitudes of the speakers.
d. how long ago two groups of speakers split apart.
The term for efforts to maintain languages which are currently endangered is
a. language renaissance.
b. language resuscitation.
c. language aid.
d. language.revitalization.