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Question 1:

Language is NOT ________.
a) symbolic
b) governed by rules
c) subjective
d) objective

Question 2:

Language is NOT influenced by ________.
a) naming and identity
b) hunger
c) credibility and status
d) sexism, sexual prejudice, and racism

Question 3:

________ would NOT normally lead to vagueness.
a) Ambiguous language
b) Abstraction
c) Specificity
d) Euphemism

Question 4:

Disruptive language includes ________.
a) fact-interference/opinion confusion
b) emotive language
c) translation
d) (a) and (b)

Question 5:

The following statement regarding gender and language is NOT true: ________.
a) The goal of almost all ordinary conversations includes making the conversation enjoyable by being friendly
b) Women are more likely than men to try to make conversation fun
c) Both men and women tend to reserve discussions of sex and sexuality for members of the same sex
d) Women are more likely to use intensive adverbs.

Question 6:

Language is always useful and never troublesome.
a) True
b) False

Question 7:

Precision and vagueness of language serve useful purposes.
a) True
b) False

Question 8:

Language does NOT reflect the speaker’s willingness to take responsibility for her or his beliefs.
a) True
b) False

Question 9:

A low-context culture uses language primarily to express thoughts, feelings, and ideas as directly and logically as possible.
a) True
b) False

Question 10:

A high-context culture relies heavily on subtle, often non-verbal cues to maintain social harmony.
a) True
b) False

Higher Education

Interplay: Chapter 06