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LING 115 - ExamLanguage is defined as a system of combinatorial system of codes and
symbols used to store, retrieve, organize human knowledge and experience. -
correct answer ✔True
According to the article, the most distinguishing characteristic of the human
species that differentiate from other animals is their ability to think. - correct
answer ✔False
Human language is essentially innate, and not culturally transmitted. - correct
answer ✔False
'Language Contact' due to 'migration', 'trade', 'colonialism' is considered the
main cause for Bilingualism. - correct answer ✔True
Culture is a set of beliefs, values, norms, customs, traditions, rituals, and a
way of life that differentiates one group from another. - correct answer ✔True
Bilinguals are proficient in both languages and have the ability (both spoken
as well as written) to use them across all domains/contexts. - correct answer
✔False
There is NO direct correlation between the language of a particular speech
community and its culture. - correct answer ✔False
Individuals learning another language display more self-confidence, especially
if they have acquired a 'desirable' language'. - correct answer ✔True
, One of the animal communication properties is 'displacement'. - correct
answer ✔False
Relatively monolingual countries such as United States, Britain, Japan, view
Bilingualism as: - correct answer ✔All of the above.
The field of comparative biology assumes that a genetic trait like the ability to
use verbal communication must have been present in closely related non-
human primates. - correct answer ✔True
Speech articulators and the brain structure responsible for speech production
in human beings became more complicated than other higher primates their
relatives. - correct answer ✔True
Primate vocalization, unlike the human communication system, doesn't
involve the neocortical region of the brain. - correct answer ✔True
The animal communication system is an open system. - correct answer
✔False
Chomsky et. al. believe that verbal articulation in humans must have evolved
for the mental representation of conceptual structure (thoughts) contra Pinker
and Bloom et. al. - correct answer ✔True
´Human language displays 'duality of patterning' property whereas this
property is absent in primate communication system. - correct answer ✔True
Social Intelligence Theory of language origin assumes that cognitive structure
(social hierarchy, social cohesiveness) was already present in pre-human
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