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LING 115 - Quiz 5 - Language and MindThe two competing ideological wars of human language origin are: (1) the doctrine of simple nativism
theory of Pinker, Chomsky, Lee, and Gletman et. al. (2) Levinson's Language and Culture coevolution
theory. - correct answer ✔✔True
According to Levinson, all the major properties of language are dictated by the inbuilt mental apparatus.
- correct answer ✔✔False
According to the theory of innatism, grammars and lexicons of all languages are broadly similar - correct
answer ✔✔True
Which language property or properties that Levinson points out in supporting his ideology? - correct
answer ✔✔All of the above
Levinson claims that since the meaning of words depends on contextual information, it cannot be
universal. - correct answer ✔✔True
The fact that each language encodes 'coordinates in reference to an object (left of, right of, front of,
behind of), and different cardinal directions (east of, west of, etc.) supports Levinson's claim that it is the
lexicon (words) and their meaning determines our thought process. - correct answer ✔✔True
The fact that not all languages have words for, say, for example, the color 'red', 'father', or 'come', and
'go' supports the Nativists' Ideology of human language. - correct answer ✔✔False
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