Use nonverbal communication to say NO.
(student should gesture or use paralanguage)
How many morphemes does the word "loudly" have?
2
Use nonverbal communication to show SURPRISE.
(student should gesture or use paralanguage)
Animals have a closed communication system, which means...
they cannot communicate with each other.
they cannot make sounds, only gestures.
they can create new language.
they cannot create new meanings or messages.
True or False: Deaf children cannot learn to communicate.
False
Which is NOT a reason why humans can produce language?
Humans have more important things to communicate.
The human brain has two regions for producing language.
The human skull is more centred on the spine.
The top of the human mouth is wider and curved.
Use nonverbal language to say "I don't like this."
(student should gesture or use paralanguage)
Is human language learned or innate?
learned
The rules for word order in a sentence are called...
pragmatics.
phoneme.
morpheme.
syntax.
Provide one reason why animals communicate with one another.
(survival, food, danger, mating, etc.)
Use semantics to describe the picture.
(describe...)
The sound "hmmm?" is...
kinesics
paralanguage
gesture
a morpheme
Use nonverbal communication to say I DON'T KNOW.
(student should gesture or use paralanguage)
Are most animals' forms of communication learned or innate?
innate
What is a phoneme?
The smallest unit of writing.
The smallest unit of sound, with meaning.
The earliest form of writing.
The smallest unit of sound, without meaning.
Explain how this sentence could have 2 meanings: "We saw her duck."
duck = verb OR her duck = possessive
The study of the meanings of words, phrases and sentences is called...
phoneme
semantics.
morpheme
syntax
Why can humans create more sounds to make words than animals?
Animals' brains are bigger.
The human brain is smaller.
The position of the human skull is more forward.
The position of the human skull is more centred.
What is a morpheme?
The smallest unit of a word with meaning.
The longest part of a word that makes meaning.
The smallest unit of a word, without meaning.
A meaningful nonverbal sound.
Name one method of NONVERBAL communication.
sign language, gestures, paralanguage, kinesics / body language, proxemics / social distance
Humans have an open communication system, which means...
we cannot create new ideas or meanings.
we can create an infinite number of messages.
we only use verbal words to communicate.
we can use our phones anywhere in the world.
The 4 features that human languages have are:
discreteness, semantics, grammar, displacement
discreteness, grammar, productivity, displacement
morphology, semantics, grammar, productivity
culture, grammar, productivity, displacement
Pragmatics is...
the smallest unit of a word sound.
the smallest meaningful part of a word.
rules that tell the speaker how to put morphemes in order.
how context influences interpretation of meanings.
What does the Critical Age Range hypothesis say?
Birds are born knowing how to make sounds.
A child can't learn a new language easily after puberty.
Apes can learn some words but not an entire language.
Children learn language from the people around them.
Syntax is...
the smallest unit of sound in a word.
the smallest meaningful part of a word.
rules for body language communication.
rules that tell the speaker how to put morphemes in order.
The sound "th" is a...
grammar
phoneme
morpheme
semantics