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1. For the most part, the terms linguistic anthropology and anthropological linguistics mean exactly the same thing, and neither is to be preferred over the other. True

2. Natural language itself is not ambiguous; it is people’s misinterpreting things that causes problems. False

3. According to Boas, there is no intrinsic connection among race, language, and culture. True

4. Almost everywhere in the world, everyone is monolingual or Mono dialectal, just as in America. False

5. No language is really more complex or simpler or easier than any other; no language is harder or easier to learn than any other. True

6. Whereas linguists are primarily interested in the structure of languages, linguistic anthropologists study the relationship between language, on the one hand, and culture and society, on the True

  1. The person who is said to be the “founding father” of American anthropology is

    .(A) Edward Sapir. (B) Dell Hymes. (C) Franz Boas. (D) Karl V. Teeter.

  2. Anthropology as a recognized science began in the

    (A) seventeenth century. (B) eighteenth century. (C) nineteenth century. (D) twentieth century. (E) twenty-first century

  3. According to Edward Sapir, it is the ______ that more or less faithfully reflects the culture whose purposes it serves

    (A) syntax, (B) vocabulary, (C) grammar

  4. During the last seventy years, the percentage of monolingual and bilingual Mexican Indians has been steadily declining in favor of Spanish by about what percent?

    a) From 16 percent in 1930 to about 7 percent in 2005. (B) From 10 percent in 1930 to 1 percent in 2005. (C) There actually has been not much change. (D) Spanish has for the most part replaced almost all indigenous languages.

  5. Lexical specialization—that is, a large inventory of words pertaining to a particular domain—is found in which of the following instances?

    (A) The Agta of the Philippines have more than thirty verbs referring to types of fishing. (B) The natives of the German city of Munich are said to have more than seventy terms referring to the local varieties of beer. (C) Americans have a hundred or so names for makes and types of automobiles. (D) Only two of the preceding three choices are true. (E) All three choices, A–C, are true