Animals and Human Language

A bird may suddenly fly away at the approach of a predator.

• Communicative signal

• Informative signal

• Expressive signal

• Intensive signal

The ability to create and communicate new ideas using a language like when a person writes or speaks.

• Duality of Patterning

• Arbitrariness

• Productivity

• Cultural Transmission

The process whereby a language is passed on from one generation to the next.

• Duality of Patterning

• Cultural Transmission

• Arbitrariness

• Productivity

Which property of human language that discuss on the past and present?

• Reflexivity

• Duality

• Displacement

• Openendedness

I am one of the applicants for the vacant position of senior brain surgeon at the hospital.

• Informative signal

• Intensive signal

• Expressive signal

• Communicative signal

A cat may make a loud squawk at the sight of a predator.

• Communicative signal

• Intensive signal

• Expressive signal

• Informative signal

…………… are born with a set of specific signals that are produced instinctively.

• Human

• Animal

Linguistic focuses on the …... and ....... human language.

• Understand-Analysis

• Meaning-description

• Analysis-Description

Which of the following is the chimpanzee used in the experiment by Luella and Winthrop Kellog.

• Sarah

• Lana

• Gua

• Kanzi

Which of the following is not one of the words that Viki is trying to pronounce?

• Cup

• Papa

• Water

• Mama