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Language, Communication, and Belief
Language, Communication, and Belief
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1
According to Philip Zimbardo, which culture has no future tense verb form in their dialect?
Inuit
Sicilian
Aboriginal
Amondawa
2
Which of the following is NOT one of the Abrahamic religions?
Christianity
Islam
Judaism
Scientology
3
Which of the following terms is most likely to encompass the largest number of languages?
Language Family
Language Root
Language Group
Language Branch
4
Which of the following is most likely to experience linguistic weathering?
"That's unfortunate."
"Unfriend me"
"YOLO!"
"Awesome!"
5
Who is most likely to employ "vocal fry"?
Angela Merkel
Jeff Bezos
Kim Kardashian
LeBron James
6
According to MIT linguistics professor Noam Chomsky, we are all born with this
LAD
CPR
AED
Our first language
7
Which of the following countries is an outlier on the graph of PPP($) vs. Religiosity?
Nigeria
United States
Brazil
Australia
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Where would you be more likely to use "Standard Language"?
In a noraebang
At school
Home
On the soccer pitch
9
Someone who is "functionally illiterate" would have difficulty with which of the following?
Listening to lyrical music
Writing down a phone number
Reading a sign on the street
Taking the SAT
10
A person who claims neither faith nor disbelief in a God/higher power
Atheist
Heretic
Evangelist
Agnostic
11
Which of the following is NOT one of the Four Noble Truths?
Life is Suffering
The cause of Suffering is Desire
Freedom from Suffering requires the Hajj
Follow the Eightfold Path
12
Currently, around the world, there are nearly ________ living languages.
70000
7000
70
700
13
Which is not one of the fundamental human facial expressions?
Sadness
Anger
Trust
Disgust
14
According to the book, which of the following is the least "intimate" form of communication?
Facebook
E-mail
Twitter
Video chat
15
The oldest existing denomination of Christianity
Calvinism
Eastern Orthodox
Catholicism
Protestantism
16
The use of language distinctive of a particular group is known as
diaspora
idiom
drawl
dialect
17
Second-largest religion in the world
Islam
Buddhism
Christianity
Hinduism
18
Which of the following is a good example of a fusion language?
Nicaraguan sign language
German
Quenya in Lord of the Rings
NYC's Garifuna
19
Which of the following is NOT likely a "sacred space"?
Burj Khalifa
The Vatican
Angkor Wat
The Wailing Wall
20
The "wearing out" of words is known as
etymological diffusion
linguistic weathering
etymological destruction
linguistic erosion