Cultural Anthropology The Human Challenge 14th Edition Haviland

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Chapter 5 – Language and Communication

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. A system of communication using sounds, gestures, or marks that are put together in
meaningful ways according to a set of share rules is called a(n)
a. signal set.
b. language.
c. code.
d. linguistic system.
e. analogue.
ANS: B DIF: Factual REF: Chapter Introduction
OBJ: 1 MSC: New

2. Which of the following is not a signal?

a. Coughs from cold
b. Winking from pleasure
c. Screams from fear
d. Crying from sadness
e. Sneezing from sickness
ANS: B DIF: Applied REF: Chapter Introduction
OBJ: 1 MSC: Pickup

3. What are the long-term goals of the Chantek Project?

a. To free all primates from zoos and labs and return them to the wild
b. For Chantek and other enculturated apes to live in culture-based preserves instead
of zoos or research centers.
c. To teach all primates how to use American Sign Language
d. To begin teaching primates how to write
e. To work with Chantek so that they can collect and write down original gorilla
language
ANS: B DIF: Applied REF: Linguistic Research and the Nature of Language
OBJ: 1 MSC: Pickup

4. Chantek is a(n)
a. orangutan.
b. gorilla.

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 c. bonobo.
d. chimpanzee.
e. gibbon.
ANS: A DIF: Factual REF: Linguistic Research and the Nature of Language
OBJ: 1 MSC: Pickup

5. Chantek was able to do all of the following except:

a. use deception.
b. create complex meanings.
c. communicate through verbal words.
d. use displaced reference.
e. use code switching.
ANS: C DIF: Applied REF: Linguistic Research and the Nature of Language
OBJ: 1 MSC: New

6. The central and most highly developed human system of communication is

a. kinesics.
b. proxemics.
c. body language.
d. pheromones.
e. language.
ANS: E DIF: Conceptual REF: Historical Linguistics
OBJ: 1 MSC: New

7. The roots of linguistics, the modern scientific study of language, go back a long way to the
works of ancient grammarians in _____, more than 2,000 years ago.
a. South Asia
b. Central Asia
c. North Africa
d. Australia
e. Scandinavia
ANS: A DIF: Applied REF: Historical Linguistics
OBJ: 2 MSC: Pickup

8. The systematic identification and description of distinctive speech sounds in a language is

called
a. grammar.
b. morphology.
c. linguistics.
d. phonetics.
e. phonemes.
ANS: D DIF: Factual REF: Historical Linguistics
OBJ: 2 MSC: New
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 9. Phonology is the
a. modern scientific study of all aspects of language.
b. systematic identification and description of distinctive speech sounds in a
language.
c. study of language sounds.
d. study of the patterns and rules by which words are arranged.
e. the entire formal structure of a language, including morphology and syntax.
ANS: C DIF: Factual REF: Historical Linguistics
OBJ: 2 MSC: New

10. While the phonologist is making an inventory of permissible sounds in a language, the _____
is deciphering the groups or combinations of sounds that have meaning, or that are actually
used to convey information.
a. phoneticist
b. morphologist
c. grammaticist
d. glottochronologist
e. consultant
ANS: B DIF: Applied REF: Historical Linguistics
OBJ: 2 MSC: Pickup

11. The entire formal structure of a language consisting of all observations about its meaningful
units of sounds and the rules or principles of making phrases and sentences is called its
a. syntax.
b. form classes.
c. morphology.
d. phonology.
e. grammar.
ANS: E DIF: Factual REF: Historical Linguistics
OBJ: 2 MSC: Pickup

12. The development of different languages from a single ancestral language is called
a. descriptive linguistics.
b. historical linguistics.
c. language subgroups.
d. linguistic divergence.
e. linguistic nationalism.
ANS: D DIF: Factual REF: Historical Linguistics
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13. Which of the following would be an acceptable research topic in the field of historical
linguistics?
a. Whether or not the speakers of Apache and Navajo once spoke a common
language
b. Whether or not Apache and Navajo speakers use the same body language to signal
gender differences
c. Whether or not Apache and Navajo speakers organize their languages using the
same syntactical structures
d. All the features of a given language as it is spoken at a particular point in time
e. Frame substitution to investigate the syntax of a particular language
ANS: A DIF: Applied REF: Historical Linguistics
OBJ: 2 MSC: Pickup

14. A language family is a group of languages

a. that all have the same core vocabulary.
b. that are subordinate to a dominant language.
c. that all have the same syntax.
d. that use the same number of sounds.
e. that are descended from a single ancestral language.
ANS: E DIF: Factual REF: Historical Linguistics
OBJ: 2 MSC: Pickup

15. Which of the following statements about the English language is incorrect?
a. English belongs to the Indo-European language family.
b. English belongs to the Germanic language subgroup.
c. English is one of the many languages that diverged from an ancient unified
language called Proto-Indo-European.
d. English is a “daughter” language.
e. English has historically suffered a narrowing and loss of meaning.
ANS: E DIF: Applied REF: Historical Linguistics
OBJ: 2 MSC: Pickup

16. Approximately how many languages are spoken today?

a. 12,000
b. 10,000
c. 6,000
d. 3,000
e. 1,750
ANS: C DIF: Factual REF: Language in Its Social and Cultural Settings
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17. In France, a committee exists that has the job of eliminating subversive foreign influences in
the form of words borrowed from other languages. English is a major offender (as in le
bluejeans or le hamburger). This is an example of
a. cultural conservatism.
b. linguistic ethnocentrism.
c. linguistic parochialism.
d. linguistic nationalism.
e. ethnolinguistics.
ANS: D DIF: Applied REF: Language in Its Social and Cultural Settings
OBJ: 2 MSC: Pickup

18. Which of the following statements is not an example of linguistic nationalism?

a. You are a Spanish-speaking person in the U.S., but want your children to use
English so they will fit in more easily with the surrounding society.
b. A national committee in France declares that certain widely used terms will no
longer be allowed to appear in public print because they are not French.
c. You live in Scotland and are so alarmed by the rapid decline in the number of
people speaking Gaelic that you start a school in which all subjects are taught in
Gaelic.
d. The southern part of India declares itself a separate country called Tamiland (the
land of the people who speak Tamil) in defiance of India’s declaration of Hindi as
the national language
e. A country previously colonized by the British passes a law requiring everyone to
speak the native tongue; English is banned because of its association with colonial
domination.
ANS: A DIF: Applied REF: Language in Its Social and Cultural Settings
OBJ: 2 MSC: Pickup

19. Professor Greymorning worked on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming to help revitalize
which Native American language?
a. Nez Perce
b. Blackfoot
c. Arapaho
d. Zuni
e. Assiniboine
ANS: C DIF: Applied REF: Language in Its Social and Cultural Settings
OBJ: 5 MSC: New

20. As a way of revitalizing Arapaho, Professor Greymorning did all of the following except:
a. developed an Arapaho-only university.
b. translated a new dictionary of Arapaho.

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 c. translated the Disney film Bambi into Arapaho.
d. developed a new methodology of language acquisition.
e. modeled teaching Arapaho through new methodology.
ANS: A DIF: Applied REF: Language in Its Social and Cultural Settings
OBJ: 5 MSC: New

21. The influence of a person’s class status on what pronunciation he/she uses, a speaker’s choice
of more complicated vocabulary and grammar when he/she is speaking to a professional
audience, and the influence of language on culture are all concerns of
a. descriptive linguistics.
b. historical linguistics.
c. sociolinguistics.
d. linguistic nationalism.
e. displacement.
ANS: C DIF: Conceptual REF: Language in Its Social and Cultural Settings
OBJ: 5 MSC: Pickup

22. Although language may be studied as an independent system, it is also important to look at in
terms of what it tells us about society and culture. Whatever its phonemes, syntax, and history,
language is a dynamic, adaptive system that facilitates the speaker’s survival and gives clues
about what is significant in his/her life. When we focus on the relationship between language
and culture of those who speak it and how they inform each other, we are doing
a. ethnolinguistics.
b. descriptive linguistics.
c. historical linguistics.
d. glottochronology.
e. frame substitution.
ANS: A DIF: Conceptual REF: Language in Its Social and Cultural Settings
OBJ: 5 MSC: Pickup

23. The term _____ is usually used to refer to varying forms of a language that reflect particular
regions or social classes and that are similar enough to be mutually intelligible.
a. dialect
b. language subgroup
c. language family
d. accent
e. regionalism
ANS: A DIF: Factual REF: Language in Its Social and Cultural Settings
OBJ: 5 MSC: Pickup

24. A Scottish butler in an English mansion says to the lady of the house, “You may wish to stay
inside today, Madam; it’s quite cold outside.” But when he goes back to his own cottage he is
likely to say to his wife in broad Scots, “Shut the door and get inside, Maggie, you’ll freeze
your buns off.” In linguistics, this is an example of
a. code switching.
b. class consciousness.
c. glottochronology.
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e. linguistic nationalism.
ANS: A DIF: Applied REF: Language in Its Social and Cultural Settings
OBJ: 5 MSC: Pickup

25. Native speakers of the Lakota language were amused when they saw the movie Dances with
Wolves because
a. the writers got it all wrong.
b. the language did not fit the people group.
c. the language was all male oriented.
d. the language was all female oriented.
e. the language was all spoken as if the actors were children.
ANS: D DIF: Applied REF: Language in Its Social and Cultural Settings
OBJ: 5 MSC: Pickup

26. The American anthropologist Edward Sapir and his student, Benjamin Whorf, drawing on his
experience with the language of the Hopi Indians, developed a full-fledged theory now known
as the theory of
a. cultural relativity.
b. linguistic relativity.
c. code switching.
d. linguistic nationalism.
e. phenomenology.
ANS: B DIF: Applied REF: Beyond Words: The Gesture–Call System
OBJ: 5 MSC: Pickup

27. In the 1930s and ’40s, Edward Sapir and _____investigated the idea that language, by
providing habitual grooves of expression, predisposes people to see the world in a certain
way.
a. Leslie White
b. Franz Boas
c. Benjamin Lee Whorf
d. Peter Woolfson
e. Bill Haviland
ANS: C DIF: Applied REF: Beyond Words: The Gesture–Call System
OBJ: 5 MSC: Pickup

28. Humankind’s repertoire of body language is enormous. We are capable of making more than
_____ facial expressions.
a. 1,500
b. 10,000
c. 7,000
d. 4,000
e. 3,500
ANS: C DIF: Factual REF: The Origins of Language
OBJ: 3 MSC: Pickup

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29. Which of the following statements about kinesics is correct?
a. Kinesics refers to the system of extralinguistic noises that accompany spoken
language.
b. Kinesics research has demonstrated that gender signals communicated through
posture are biologically based rather than learned.
c. Cross-cultural research indicates that the body language used when people are
greeting each other is similar all over the world.
d. All cultures have the same gestures for “yes” and “no.”
e. Anthropologists paid more attention to nonverbal communication prior to the
1950s.
ANS: C DIF: Applied REF: The Origins of Language
OBJ: 3 MSC: Pickup

30. Edward Hall designated four categories of proxemically relevant spaces. Which of the
following is incorrect?
a. Intimate (0-18 inches)
b. Social-consultative (4-12 feet)
c. Conventional (7-10 feet)
d. Public distance (12 feet and beyond)
e. Personal-casual (1.5-4 feet)
ANS: C DIF: Applied REF: The Origins of Language
OBJ: 3 MSC: Pickup

31. _____ is the cross-cultural study of humankind’s perception and use of space.
a. Kinesics
b. Phonetics
c. Proxemics
d. Syntax
e. Ethnology
ANS: C DIF: Factual REF: The Origins of Language
OBJ: 3 MSC: Pickup

32. Paralanguage includes not only the way that people say things but also a variety of
extralinguistic noises called
a. phonemes.
b. kinesics.
c. vocalizations.
d. substitution frames.
e. syntax.
ANS: C DIF: Factual REF: From Speech to Writing
OBJ: 3 MSC: Pickup
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33. A language in which the sound pitch of a spoken word is an essential part of its pronunciation
and meaning is called a
a. paralinguistic language.
b. tonal language.
c. linguistic subfamily.
d. dialect.
e. displacement.
ANS: B DIF: Factual REF: From Speech to Writing
OBJ: 4 MSC: Pickup

34. Which of the following is a traditional telecommunication system?

a. Whispered speech
b. Hummed speech
c. Danced talk
d. Cried speech
e. Whistled speech
ANS: E DIF: Applied REF: From Speech to Writing
OBJ: 4 MSC: New

35. Displacement refers to the concept of being able to refer to things that are
a. not there.
b. visibly there.
c. in the process of being moved.
d. both symbolic and realistic.
e. arbitrary and changing.
ANS: A DIF: Factual REF: From Speech to Writing
OBJ: 4 MSC: New

36. Which of the following are of greatest importance in human speech?

a. Mouth palate and trachea
b. Epiglottis and mouth palate
c. Trachea and larynx
d. Epiglottis and trachea
e. Larynx and epiglottis
ANS: E DIF: Applied
REF: Literacy and Modern Telecommunication in Our Globalizing World
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 37. A series of symbols representing sounds of a language arranged in a traditional order is called
a(n)
a. language.
b. dialect.
c. tonal language.
d. gesture.
e. alphabet.
ANS: E DIF: Factual
REF: Literacy and Modern Telecommunication in Our Globalizing World
OBJ: 4 MSC: Pickup

38. Most of the alphabets in use today descended from the

a. Egyptians.
b. Greeks.
c. Phoenicians.
d. Romans.
e. Anglo Saxons.
ANS: C DIF: Factual
REF: Literacy and Modern Telecommunication in Our Globalizing World
OBJ: 4 MSC: Pickup

39. Approximately how many adults worldwide cannot read or write?

a. 93 million
b. 250 million
c. 300 million
d. 775 million
e. 1 billion
ANS: D DIF: Factual
REF: Literacy and Modern Telecommunication in Our Globalizing World
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40. United Nations declared the period from 2003 to 2012 as the _____ Decade.
a. Technology
b. Communication
c. Paralanguage
d. Illiteracy
e. Literacy
ANS: E DIF: Factual
REF: Literacy and Modern Telecommunication in Our Globalizing World
OBJ: 6 MSC: Pickup

TRUE/FALSE

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 1. Humans are programmed for language.

ANS: T REF: Chapter Introduction OBJ: 1

MSC: New
2. Chantek was a gorilla who learned American Sign Language.

ANS: F REF: Linguistic Research and the Nature of Language

OBJ: 1 MSC: Pickup

3. Descriptive linguistics of the analysis of a language and its component parts.

ANS: T REF: Historical Linguistics OBJ: 2

MSC: New

4. The study of language sounds is grammar.

ANS: F REF: Historical Linguistics OBJ: 2

MSC: New

5. Linguistic nationalism refers to the establishment of a nation where everyone speaks only one
language.

ANS: F REF: Language in Its Social and Cultural Settings

OBJ: 2 MSC: Pickup

6. Over the past 500 years, about half of the world’s 12,000 languages have become extinct.

ANS: T REF: Language in Its Social and Cultural Settings

OBJ: 2 MSC: New

7. Anthropologists predict that by the year 2100, there will only be about 100 languages in the
world.

ANS: F REF: Language in Its Social and Cultural Settings

OBJ: 2 MSC: New

8. Anthropologists believe there is a cultural value in preserving languages.

ANS: T REF: Language in Its Social and Cultural Settings

OBJ: 5 MSC: New

9. Lakota is a language that uses gendered speech.

ANS: T REF: Language in Its Social and Cultural Settings

OBJ: 5 MSC: New

10. Arapaho is a Native American indigenous language.

ANS: T REF: Language in Its Social and Cultural Settings

OBJ: 5 MSC: New

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11. Ethnolinguistics is the study of the relationship between language and the cultural setting in
which it is used.

ANS: T REF: Beyond Words: The Gesture–Call System

OBJ: 5 MSC: Pickup

12. Code switching refers to the tendency of people who speak more than one language to confuse
which language they are currently speaking in as they converse with others.

ANS: F REF: Beyond Words: The Gesture–Call System

OBJ: 5 MSC: Pickup

13. All languages recognize a stable set of colors.

ANS: F REF: Beyond Words: The Gesture–Call System

OBJ: 5 MSC: New

14. Passive bilingualism is when someone comprehends more than one language but is only able
to express him/herself in one of them.

ANS: T REF: Telecommunication: From Talking Drums to Whistled Speech

OBJ: 3 MSC: New

15. The study of nonverbal signals is called proxemics.

ANS: F REF: The Origins of Language OBJ: 3

MSC: New

16. Edward Sapir is the first anthropologist to do research in proxemics.

ANS: F REF: The Origins of Language OBJ: 3

MSC: New

17. English is a tonal language.

ANS: F REF: From Speech to Writing OBJ: 4

MSC: New

18. It takes many years of practice for people to master the muscular movements needed to
produce the precise sounds of any particular language.

ANS: T REF: Literacy and Modern Telecommunication in Our Globalizing World

OBJ: 4 MSC: Pickup

19. The mobile phone is a fast method of communicating, even in remote rural areas of the world.

ANS: T REF: Literacy and Modern Telecommunication in Our Globalizing World

OBJ: 6 MSC: Pickup
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 20. The earliest known alphabet was Egyptian hieroglyphics about 5,000 years ago.

ANS: T REF: Literacy and Modern Telecommunication in Our Globalizing World

OBJ: 4 MSC: New

SHORT ANSWER

1. Define language.

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2. What is a signal, and how is it used in language?

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3. What does the Chantek Project illustrate about language?

ANS: Will vary REF: Linguistic Research and the Nature of Language MSC: New

4. Describe each of the components of language.

ANS: Will vary REF: Historical Linguistics MSC: New

5. When did Europeans begin to study language?

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6. Why do anthropologists study language?

ANS: Will vary REF: Historical Linguistics MSC: Pickup

7. How was anthropological linguistics applied to language development among the Arapaho?

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8. Why is it important to preserve the Arapaho language?

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9. What is the relationship between culture and linguistic nationalism?

ANS: Will vary REF: Language in Its Social and Cultural Settings MSC: New

10. Define sociolinguistics, and give an example of this specialty.

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 11. What is ethnolinguistics?

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12. What is code switching? Give an example from your own life to illustrate this concept.

ANS: Will vary REF: Language in Its Social and Cultural Settings MSC: New

13. What is proxemics?

ANS: Will vary REF: The Origins of Language MSC: Pickup

14. Give two examples of nonverbal communication.

ANS: Will vary REF: The Origins of Language MSC: New

15. Describe the origin and meaning of linguistic relativity.

ANS: Will vary REF: Beyond Words: The Gesture–Call System MSC: New

16. Is English a tonal language? Describe why or why not.

ANS: Will vary REF: From Speech to Writing MSC: New

17. Describe two different types of traditional telecommunication.

ANS: Will vary REF: From Speech to Writing MSC: New

18. What is the role of biology in human speech?

ANS: Will vary REF: Literacy and Modern Telecommunication in Our Globalizing World
MSC: Pickup

19. What is the origin of the alphabet?

ANS: Will vary REF: Literacy and Modern Telecommunication in Our Globalizing World
MSC: New

20. Why is telecommunication important in our world today?

ANS: Will vary REF: Literacy and Modern Telecommunication in Our Globalizing World
MSC: New

ESSAY

1. Would it be accurate to claim language as a distinguishing feature of H. sapiens? Why or why

not? What evidence exists for the uniqueness or non-uniqueness of human language?

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 2. How is language linked to gender? Use examples from the text and add some of your own.

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3. What is linguistic nationalism? Should the United States encourage and support the use of
minority languages within its borders? Alternatively, is making English the official language
of the U.S. a good idea?

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4. How important is it to preserve languages?

ANS: Will vary MSC: New

5. Discuss the process of linguistic divergence. What cultural forces are behind this process?

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6. What is sociolinguistics? Propose two sociolinguistic projects that you think would be
interesting to do on a university campus.

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7. Explain and critique the theory of linguistic relativity.

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8. Most linguists classify AAVE as a dialect of English. Explain.

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9. What is paralanguage? Discuss and provide examples.

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10. Discuss the relationship of body language to understanding a culture and its various beliefs
and values.

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11. Discuss the point of view that language mirrors or reflects, rather than determines, cultural
reality. Provide examples to support that view.

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12. Explain the gesture-call system, including body language and paralanguage.

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13. Discuss the importance of modern telecommunication and illiteracy in our globalizing world.
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14. Although thousands of languages have existed in only spoken form, many have long been
documented in one form of writing or another. Discuss the emergence and development of
writing systems.

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15. Discuss anthropologists’ theories regarding the origin of language.

ANS: Will vary MSC: Pickup

16. How did writing emerge as a system of communication? What impact did this have on our
world?

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