WorksheetsChapter 7
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which type of linguistic code is more flexible and has more linguistic options?
Restricted code
Elaborated code
What kind of verbal communication styles are mostly used in the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany?
Direct Style
Indirect Style
Contextual Style
Succinct Style
Which of the following countries is more used to using systematic honorifics?
U.S
Korea
Israel
Australia
What are the characteristics of the elaborate style?
Say no more or less than is needed
Emphasize flashy and embellished language
Use concise statements, understatements, and even silence
In U.S, which verbal communication style do men prefer than women?
Instrumental Style
Affective Style
Who was the first to propose the theory that the language of a particular culture directly influences how people think?
Edward Sapir
Benjamin Whorf
What are the two principles in the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis?
Principle of Linguistic Determinism
Principle of Linguistic Relativity
Principle of Generative Grammar
Principle of Sounds and Symbols
All languages consist of a systematic set of sounds, combined with a set of rules, for the sole purpose of creating meaning and communicating
True
False
The set of rules, or grammar, is called syntax.
True
False
The letters of a language’s alphabet are symbols representing sounds, called what?
Durpnemes
Morphemes
Phonemes
consonant
Which of the following are some examples of dialects?
Slang
Jargon
Chicano
All of them
True or false: According with some linguistics, the total number of dialects spoken in U.S are three
True
False
Which of the following are examples of U.S dialects?
Texas English
Midwest Accent
Appalachian
All of them
True or false: In the Japanese culture if a woman wants to see more attractive she must speak proper for of Japanese dialect called Danseego.
True
False
