Language

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Which of the following are traits that makes human language different from nonhuman animal communication?

• Language is learned

• Used to communicate about other things in other places, or past/present

• Comprised of sounds put together to make words

• Language is instinctive

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What is NOT an essential component of human language?

• Grammar

• Pictorial representations

• Sign language

• Animal sounds

Multiple Choice

Do all humans use the same body language?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

According to anthropologists, what is one reason why humans may have developed spoken language?

• Humans needed to communicate while their hands were busy using tools.

• Humans developed spoken language to sing.

• Spoken language was developed to communicate with animals.

• Humans used spoken language because it was easier than walking.

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Why might spoken language be considered more useful than gestures?

• Gestures required more energy than spoken language.

• Spoken language could be used even when humans could not see each other.

• Spoken language was easier to learn than gestures.

• Gestures were only used in religious ceremonies.

Multiple Choice

What was a reason for the development of human language related to survival?

• Language was necessary for individual survival in harsh climates.

• Language development was driven by the need to create art.

• Humans needed a way to communicate complicated messages to survive.

• Language was developed to remember historical events.

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How many languages are spoken today?

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5,000

6,000

7,000

8,000

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Which type of languages are most likely to die out?

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What fraction of the world's languages are likely to go extinct?

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One third

One fourth

Half

Two thirds

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What are language families?

• Groups of languages that are similar in vocabulary and grammar

• Large groups of languages that are related by descent from the same ancestor language in the distant past

• Collections of dictionaries and language learning resources

• Organizations that govern the rules of different languages

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Which language family is predominantly found in the region of South America according to the map?​

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Austronesian

Afro-Asiatic

Sino-Tibetan

Mataco-Guaicuru

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What does the color green represent on the map?

• Niger-Congo language family

• Nilo-Saharan language family

• Afro-Asiatic language family

• Austronesian language family

Multiple Choice

What does the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis suggest?

• Language is determined by thought

• Language influences how we think

• Thought is independent of language

• Language and thought are not related