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Anthropology 1000: General Anthropology Lesson 6 Assessment Name: MU student number: E-Mail: 28 questions, 40 points total A. Multiple-choice: Choose the one best answer. → 10 questions, 1 point each, 10 points total 1. Which of the following statements is not true about call systems? A. They consist of a limited number of sounds. B. They are made only in the presence of certain stimuli. C. They are used by chimpanzees. D. They rely almost totally on learning. E. They are used by gorillas. 2. What linguist argued that all languages have a common structural basis or universal grammar? A. Noam Chomsky B. Margaret Mead C. Deborah Tannen D. Edward Sapir E. Benjamin Whorf 3. The structure of language does not include A. phonology. B. kinesics. C. lexicon. D. syntax. E. morphology. 4. When Washoe, a chimpanzee, combined the signs for water and bird to denote a swan that she saw, she was displaying A. displacement. B. a call system. C. a focal vocabulary. D. productivity. E. diglossia.

Anthropology 1000: General Anthropology Lesson 6 Assessment Keycode: 2464 Page 2 5. Research on the communication skills of nonhuman primates reveals their inability to refer to objects that are not immediately present in their environment, such as food and danger. The ability to describe things that are not immediately present is called A. cultural transmission. B. displacement. C. linguistic imagination. D. phonology. E. productivity. 6. What term refers to the arrangement of words in phrases and sentences ? A. morpheme B. lexicon C. syntax D. phoneme E. kinesics 7. Sapir and Whorf studied the influence of A. culture on language. B. language on thought. C. language on society. D. thought on language. E. thought on culture. 8. If we discuss a tree doctor and his use of twenty or more names of trees, we are talking about his A. style shifts. B. focal vocabulary. C. protolanguage. D. call system. E. productivity. 9. Which statement is true? A. A pidgin is a mature language that develops through acculturation and has highly developed grammatical rules and native speakers. B. After generations of being spoken, Creole may develop into pidgin languages. C. Pidgins based on English and native languages developed in the context of war. D. Languages that form when different societies come into contact and they must devise a system of communication are called pidgins. E. A pidgin is a language that imitates birds.

Anthropology 1000: General Anthropology Lesson 6 Assessment Keycode: 2464 Page 4 D. List and describe What are five kinds of nonverbal communication that you personally attend to when communicating with someone else? → 5 items, 2 points each, 10 points total 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. E. List The phonemes in a given language are found by comparing minimal pairs, where two words are distinguished by a single-sound contrast with the varying sound of a consonant or a vowel, and at the beginning, middle or end. Please list four minimal pairs in the English language — words that have totally different meanings, but differ in one sound. (For example: pit/bit) → 4 items, 2 points each, 8 points total 25. 26. 27. 28. END OF LESSON 6 ASSESSMENT.