Knowledge and Language

Language can be seen as a _____________ map.

• metaphysical

• metaphorical

• imaginary

• hypothetical

What a word / phrase refers to in the LITERAL sense - this definition best fits:

• Denotation

• Connotation

• Both

Pejorative, racist or sexist language manipulate how people feel. This is an issue with:

• Denotation

• Connotation

• Both

• Neither

True or False: Euphemisms generate issues with denotation

• True

• False

The word breakfast means something different in China than it does in Hungary. This is an issue of:

• Denotation

• Connotation

• Both

• Neither

The following are all forms of language except:

• verbal

• non-verbal

• racial

• symbols / signs

• written

Facial expressions are a type of ________ language

• verbal

• written

• non-verbal

• subjective

T/F: Linguistic determinism determines and expands knowledge/ human thought process.

• True

• False

Edward Sapir and Benjamin Whorf were both_________.

• Linguists

• Verbal Specialists

• Philosophers

• Psychologists

Sapir Whorf hypothesis states that a person's _________ and _________ are determined by their language.

• decisions and consequences

• thoughts and actions

• morals and values

• thoughts and ethics