Language and culture

The term 'non-lexicalized' means

• expressed as a single word

• not expressed as a single word

• not found in your dictionary

• not expressed as a phrase

The idea that thinking may be influenced by language and that the language we use is also influenced by the way we see the world

• linguistic relativity

• linguistic determinism

• cognitive category

• lexicalization

The idea that our thinking (or worldview) is determined or shaped by language—by the use of vocabulary and/or by the grammatical structures

• linguistic relativity

• linguistic determinism

• cognitive category

• lexicalization

Socially acquired knowledge

• category

• social category

• classifier

• culture

A distinction between individuals in terms of their

social roles as women and men

• gendered language

• social gender

• kinship terms

• cognitive category

An additional grammatical element used with a noun which divide the noun category into classes (e.g. "piece" in English)

• classifier

• countable

• number

• category

A classification of persons related through kinship is the same in all languages and cultures.

• True

• False

“People cannot easily understand concepts / objects unless their language has words for these things.” - is taken from which hypothesis?

• Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

• Natural Development Hypothesis

• Bow Wow Theory

• Grimm's Law

"To okno", "ten stół" i "ta ławka" are examples of

• countability

• grammatical gender

• categorization

• stereotypes

Because English does not have separate words for light blue and dark blue, Eglish speakers can't see the difference between these colours.

• True

• False