Hockett's
What was the purpose of Hockett's features?
To define requirements for what counts as a language
What is the control variable?
Variable that stays the same
What is ethics?
the guidelines for the protection of study participants/human beings
Define descriptive grammar.
looks at how a language is actually used by native speakers, or a native speaker acknowledges that it is possible in the language.
T/F: Slang is bad. (example: Her new car is lit.)
false
to communicate about a different time or place
displacement
A researcher is trying to see if 2 language varieties are two separate languages or dialects. She gathers volunteers from each language group. She creates a list of 100 words she then records the 2 groups of speakers speaking the words in their language. She then takes each recording of the participants answers back to her lab to analyze. Identify the CV.
CV - the list of 100 words
Name the 3 elements of ethics
informed consent
anonymous
data protection/privacy
Which type of grammar do linguists use?
Descriptive
define mutually intelligible.
2 speakers can mostly understand each other.
What feature do all animal communications have?
semanticity
A researcher is trying to see if 2 language varieties are two separate languages or dialects. She gathers volunteers from each language group. She creates a list of 100 words she then records the 2 groups of speakers speaking each word in their language. She then takes each recording of the participants answers back to her lab to analyze. Identify the IV and DV.
IV - the 2 groups of different speakers
DV - their pronunciations/answers
What type of science is linguistics?
social and behavioral
a group of speakers of the same language speak noticeably differently from each other.
dialect
Name the 3 causes for language change.
geographical barriers
language contact
new ideas/concepts
A blue jay will imitate a hawk’s call so that other birds will flee, leaving food, like a birdfeeder, all for itself. Which feature is this an example of?
prevarication
Stroop experiment requires test 1 to have the color words written in the matching color. Test 2 has the same color words not written in the matching color. Participants on average, read test 2 slower. What is the control variable?
same words
What does informed consent mean?
Participants must be told what their involvement in the experiment will be and agree to do it.
Define idiolect.
speech different from person to person.
There are 2 main types of lexical change. What are they?
new words
changes in mean/definitions
When a wolf is lost, it will let out a howl to see if there are other wolves nearby. If other wolves hear them, they will howl back. What 2 features is this an example of?
semanticity and interchangeability
Stroop experiment requires test 1 to have the color words written in the matching color. Test 2 has the same color words not written in the matching color. Participants on average, read test 2 slower. What is the independent variable?
IV - the color of the words
Which elements of ethics must be done first when conducting an experiment?
informed consent
Does this sentence count as grammatical following descriptive or prescriptive rules? Or both?
We will ace this test.
Both.
Identify the cause and type:
The English language barrowed the word sushi after traveling to and trading with Japan, where sushi is from.
language contact and lexical change