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Anthropology

Q: Discuss the importance of modern telecommunication and illiteracy in our globalizing world.
Q: Explain the gesture-call system, including body language and paralanguage.
Q: Discuss the point of view that language mirrors or reflects, rather than determines, cultural reality. Provide examples to support that view.
Q: Discuss the relationship of body language to understanding a culture and its various beliefs and values.
Q: What is paralanguage? Discuss and provide examples.
Q: Most linguists classify AAVE as a dialect of English. Explain.
Q: Explain and critique the theory of linguistic relativity.
Q: What is sociolinguistics? Propose two sociolinguistic projects that you think would be interesting to do on a university campus.
Q: Discuss the process of linguistic divergence. What cultural forces are behind this process?
Q: How important is it to preserve languages?
Q: What is linguistic nationalism? Should the United States encourage and support the use of minority languages within its borders? Alternatively, is making English the official language of the U.S. a good idea?
Q: How is language linked to gender? Use examples from the text and add some of your own.
Q: Would it be accurate to claim language as a distinguishing feature of H. sapiens? Why or why not? What evidence exists for the uniqueness or non-uniqueness of human language?
Q: Why is telecommunication important in our world today?
Q: What is the origin of the alphabet?
Q: What is the role of biology in human speech?
Q: Describe two different types of traditional telecommunication.
Q: Is English a tonal language? Describe why or why not.
Q: Describe the origin and meaning of linguistic relativity.
Q: Give two examples of nonverbal communication.
Q: What is proxemics?
Q: What is code switching? Give an example from your own life to illustrate this concept.
Q: What is ethnolinguistics?
Q: Define sociolinguistics, and give an example of this specialty.
Q: What is the relationship between culture and linguistic nationalism?
Q: Why is it important to preserve the Arapaho language?
Q: How was anthropological linguistics applied to language development among the Arapaho?
Q: Why do anthropologists study language?
Q: When did Europeans begin to study language?
Q: Describe each of the components of language.
Q: What does the Chantek Project illustrate about language?
Q: What is a signal, and how is it used in language?
Q: Define language.
Q: The earliest known alphabet was Egyptian hieroglyphics about 5,000 years ago.
Q: The mobile phone is a fast method of communicating, even in remote rural areas of the world.
Q: It takes many years of practice for people to master the muscular movements needed to produce the precise sounds of any particular language.
Q: English is a tonal language.
Q: Edward Sapir is the first anthropologist to do research in proxemics.
Q: The study of nonverbal signals is called proxemics.
Q: Passive bilingualism is when someone comprehends more than one language but is only able to express him/herself in one of them.
Q: All languages recognize a stable set of colors.
Q: Code switching refers to the tendency of people who speak more than one language to confuse which language they are currently speaking in as they converse with others.
Q: Ethnolinguistics is the study of the relationship between language and the cultural setting in which it is used.
Q: Arapaho is a Native American indigenous language.
Q: Lakota is a language that uses gendered speech.
Q: Anthropologists believe there is a cultural value in preserving languages.
Q: Martin has been dealing with hospital bills and paperwork from a recent emergency room visit. His paperwork is mounting and is routinely mishandled and lost in the system. He supports a __________ plan which would greatly reduce administrative costs and complexity. A) fee for service B) employer supported insurance C) single-payer D) electronic medical records
Q: Anthropologists predict that by the year 2100, there will only be about 100 languages in the world.
Q: Over the past 500 years, about half of the world's 12,000 languages have become extinct.
Q: When the Earth's peoples are increasingly interconnected economically, politically, culturally, and environmentally we are in an era of __________. A) alienation B) globalization C) outsourcing D) capital flight
Q: The fact that 47 percent of Americans feel that sexual relations between two adults of the same sex is sometimes or always wrong, and that 63 percent of older Americans view homosexual relations as wrong, is taken as evidence of __________.
Q: Linguistic nationalism refers to the establishment of a nation where everyone speaks only one language.
Q: The study of language sounds is grammar.
Q: Most government subsidies go to the non-poor. These are known as __________. A) welfare B) warfare C) wealthfare D) regressive taxes
Q: Descriptive linguistics of the analysis of a language and its component parts.
Q: Describe the characteristics of "new slavery." What makes it different than slavery in the past? Illustrate the reasons that lead people into slavery or forced labor.
Q: Chantek was a gorilla who learned American Sign Language.
Q: Giancarlo does not like paying medical bills. He wants a healthcare system very similar to the U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs based on the __________ model. A) Bismarck B) Beveridge C) National Health Insurance D) Fee for Service
Q: Humans are programmed for language.
Q: __________ is/are a force currently transforming the U.S. economy. A) New innovations based on computer technology B) A shift from services to manufacturing C) Localization of the economy D) A booming entertainment industry
Q: United Nations declared the period from 2003 to 2012 as the _____ Decade. a. Technology b. Communication c. Paralanguage d. Illiteracy e. Literacy
Q: Approximately how many adults worldwide cannot read or write? a. 93 million b. 250 million c. 300 million d. 775 million e. 1 billion
Q: The Boy Scouts of America participate in __________ oppression by restricting access to the organization by gays and lesbians.
Q: Most of the alphabets in use today descended from the a. Egyptians. b. Greeks. c. Phoenicians. d. Romans. e. Anglo Saxons.
Q: Sometime, the poor receive government funds and subsidies, known as __________, in order to help them get by at a minimum level. A) welfare B) wealthfare C) regressive taxes D) the official poverty line
Q: A series of symbols representing sounds of a language arranged in a traditional order is called a(n) a. language. b. dialect. c. tonal language. d. gesture. e. alphabet.
Q: Transnational companies prefer to hire young __________ from poor countries to work in their factories.
Q: Julianne wants a healthcare plan where everyone is guaranteed healthcare coverage and the insurance companies, although private, cannot make a profit. She would support the __________ model. A) Bismarck B) Beveridge C) National Health Insurance D) Fee for Service
Q: Which of the following are of greatest importance in human speech? a. Mouth palate and trachea b. Epiglottis and mouth palate c. Trachea and larynx d. Epiglottis and trachea e. Larynx and epiglottis
Q: Displacement refers to the concept of being able to refer to things that are a. not there. b. visibly there. c. in the process of being moved. d. both symbolic and realistic. e. arbitrary and changing.
Q: Homesourcing is __________. A) illegal B) working from home C) good for people who needs employer sponsored insurance plans D) the most common type of employment
Q: Which of the following is a traditional telecommunication system? a. Whispered speech b. Hummed speech c. Danced talk d. Cried speech e. Whistled speech
Q: In fourteenth-century Europe, the common punishment for homosexuality was __________.
Q: A language in which the sound pitch of a spoken word is an essential part of its pronunciation and meaning is called a a. paralinguistic language. b. tonal language. c. linguistic subfamily. d. dialect. e. displacement.
Q: The poor __________. A) use a small amount of their income for housing B) pay less for day-to-day products like milk and bread C) are exploited by payday loans D) receive the greatest amount of government aid
Q: In the past thirty years, HIV/AIDS has risen to the level of a __________, which is a worldwide epidemic.
Q: Juan supports a single-payer option for healthcare but with private healthcare providers. This is known as the __________ model. A) Bismarck B) Beveridge C) National Health Insurance D) Fee for Service
Q: Paralanguage includes not only the way that people say things but also a variety of extralinguistic noises called a. phonemes. b. kinesics. c. vocalizations. d. substitution frames. e. syntax.
Q: _____ is the cross-cultural study of humankind's perception and use of space. a. Kinesics b. Phonetics c. Proxemics d. Syntax e. Ethnology
Q: Industries characterized by increased output and employment are __________ industries. A) scientific B) sunrise C) sunset D) sunburn
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