- 1. Linguistic anthropology is the interdisciplinary study of how language influences social life. It explores how language shapes cultural practices, identities, social relationships, and power dynamics within human societies. Linguistic anthropologists investigate language in its social context, examining how it reflects and reproduces social norms, values, and beliefs. They also study how language use varies among different groups, including across ethnic, gender, and class lines. By analyzing language in relation to culture, linguists uncover insights into human behavior, cognition, and social organization. Linguistic anthropology offers a unique perspective on the complex interplay between language and society, shedding light on the ways in which language both reflects and shapes our shared human experience.
What is linguistic anthropology?
A) The study of language acquisition
B) The study of sign language
C) The study of ancient languages
D) The study of the relationship between language and culture
- 2. What is the focus of language ideologies in linguistic anthropology?
A) Studying the origins of all languages
B) The study of syntax in different languages
C) How beliefs about language influence social life
D) The analysis of language sounds
- 3. Which method is commonly used in linguistic anthropology to study language use and social practices?
A) Neurolinguistics
B) Ethnography
C) Historical linguistics
D) Experimental psychology
- 4. Which subfield of linguistics focuses on the social aspects of language use?
A) Sociolinguistics
B) Morphology
C) Phonology
D) Syntax
- 5. Who is known for studying linguistic structures and the universal grammar theory?
A) Noam Chomsky
B) Franz Boas
C) Edward Sapir
D) Benjamin Lee Whorf
- 6. What is linguistic landscape?
A) The visible display of languages in public spaces
B) Mapping out language families geographically
C) The study of speech sounds
D) A metaphorical analysis of language use
- 7. Which term refers to the system of rules governing how words are combined to form sentences in a language?
A) Syntax
B) Phonology
C) Morphology
D) Semantics
- 8. What is the relationship between language and identity in linguistic anthropology?
A) Only accents affect a person's identity
B) Identity is predetermined by genetics, not language
C) Language can shape and reflect a person's sense of self and group belonging
D) Language has no impact on how individuals identify themselves
- 9. Which paradigm focuses on the documentation of at-risk languages?
A) Anthropological linguistics.
B) Linguistic anthropology.
C) Ethnopoetics.
D) Ethnography of communication.
- 10. Who is credited with preferring the term 'linguistic anthropology'?
A) Native North American tribes.
B) Dell Hymes.
C) John Gumperz.
D) Noam Chomsky.
- 11. What is a 'speech event' according to the second paradigm?
A) An event where speech could possibly occur.
B) A situation where speech is documented.
C) A situation where language is analyzed.
D) An event with speech presented for a significant duration.
- 12. What did Hymes hope to achieve with the second paradigm?
A) Link linguistic anthropology more closely to anthropology.
B) Focus solely on language structure.
C) Emphasize the documentation of languages.
D) Distance linguistic anthropology from anthropology.
- 13. Which technological development was anticipated in the second paradigm?
A) Phonetic analysis tools.
B) Linguistic software.
C) Digital transcription.
D) Mechanical recording.
- 14. When did the third paradigm in linguistic anthropology begin?
A) The mid-1990s
B) The early 2000s
C) The late 1980s
D) The early 1970s
- 15. What technology is heavily used in the third paradigm?
A) Written transcripts
B) Computer simulations
C) Audio recording
D) Video documentation
- 16. Which village did Don Kulick study for his research on sociocultural identity?
A) Manaus
B) Gapun
C) Lima
D) Rio de Janeiro
- 17. According to Ochs and Schieffelin, what is not universal?
A) Childhood games
B) Parental care
C) Baby talk
D) Storytelling
- 18. How do caregivers in many societies orient children to recognize kin?
A) By holding the child facing inward
B) By holding the child facing outward
C) By leaving the child alone
D) By placing the child in a crib
- 19. In the studies of Ochs and Schieffelin, what role did fathers often play in dinner stories?
A) Listener
B) Protagonist
C) Narrator
D) Problematizer
- 20. What new role did pastors introduce in the Bosavi community?
A) Political role
B) Socializing role
C) Economic role
D) Artistic role
- 21. Who opened the way for the increase in work done by linguistic anthropologists on the theme of ideologies?
A) Woolard
B) Braj Kachru
C) Michael Silverstein
D) Roman Jakobson
- 22. What question do anthropologists ask about 'code switching'?
A) How do they do it?
B) Where do they do it?
C) When do they do it?
D) Why do they do that?
- 23. What language is influenced by 'kiva speech'?
A) English
B) Kiowa
C) Tewa
D) Hopi
- 24. Who investigated local varieties of English in South Asia?
A) David Crystal
B) Michael Silverstein
C) Roman Jakobson
D) Braj Kachru
- 25. What role does English play among multicultural groups in India according to Braj Kachru?
A) A lingua franca.
B) A disappearing language.
C) A dominant language.
D) A standardized language.
- 26. Who contributed to investigations of language death and cultural assimilation?
A) David Crystal
B) Woolard
C) Braj Kachru
D) Michael Silverstein
- 27. Who has posited that heritage language ideologies are 'somewhat fluid sets of understandings, justifications, beliefs, and judgments that linguistic minorities hold about their languages?'
A) Noam Chomsky
B) Martin Guardado
C) Basil Bernstein
D) Edward Sapir
- 28. How is the research on heritage language ideologies described in the text?
A) Fledgling
B) Comprehensive
C) Mature
D) Obsolete
- 29. Who published a groundbreaking article on Samoan greetings and their transformation of social space?
A) Duranti
B) Joel Kuipers
C) Paul Kroskrity
D) Joseph Errington
- 30. What concept did Joseph Errington apply linguistic anthropological methods to?
A) The exemplary center
B) Metricalizations
C) Kiva
D) Social space
- 31. According to Silverstein, what is one of linguistic anthropology's three most important findings?
A) The study of race, class, and gender
B) The analysis of linguistic structures
C) The role of social structures
D) The exemplary center idea
- 32. Who authored 'The Rhizome of Blackness: A Critical Ethnography of Hip-Hop Culture, Language, Identity, and the Politics of Becoming'?
A) Jonathan Rosa
B) Awad Ibrahim
C) Bonnie Urciuoli
D) Krystal Smalls
- 33. Who explores 'Language, Race, and White Public Space' in American Anthropologist?
A) Jonathan Rosa
B) Mary Bucholtz
C) Bonnie Urciuoli
D) Jane H. Hill
- 34. Which author examined language and identity practices among 'nerd girls'?
A) Kira Hall
B) Mary Bucholtz
C) Ayala Fader
D) Rudolf Pell Gaudio
- 35. Who authored 'Mitzvah Girls: Bringing Up the Next Generation of Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn'?
A) Martin F. Manalansan IV
B) Lanita Jacobs-Huey
C) Ayala Fader
D) Don Kulick
- 36. Which book discusses 'Sexual Outlaws in an Islamic African City'?
A) Queerly Phrased
B) From the Kitchen to the Parlor
C) Allah Made Us
D) Homegirls
- 37. Who explored language and becoming in African American women's hair care?
A) Norma Mendoza-Denton
B) Lanita Jacobs-Huey
C) Ben Rampton
D) Ayala Fader
- 38. Which publication discusses the linguistic strategies of Filipino gay experiences in America?
A) Beyond the Lavender Lexicon
B) Annual Review of Anthropology
C) Language in Society
D) Men and Masculinities
- 39. Who authored 'Homegirls: Language and Cultural Practice Among Latina Youth Gangs'?
A) Kira Hall
B) Norma Mendoza-Denton
C) Don Kulick
D) Martin F. Manalansan IV
- 40. Which book examines language and ethnicity among adolescents?
A) From the Kitchen to the Parlor
B) Crossing
C) The Gender of Brazilian Transgendered Prostitutes
D) Queer Excursions
- 41. Who contributed to the theory of ethnopoetics?
A) Ayala Fader
B) Jerome Rothenberg
C) Martin F. Manalansan IV
D) Norma Mendoza-Denton
- 42. Who authored 'The Gender of Brazilian Transgendered Prostitutes'?
A) Ayala Fader
B) Don Kulick
C) Kira Hall
D) Mary Bucholtz
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