Minneapolis Community and Technical College - CMST 1010

1)The notion that words are arbitrary and have no meaning in themselves refers to which characteristic of language?

Question 2         

Statement A: "Man bites dog." Statement B: "Dog bites man." Statements A and B consist of the same words but have di?erent meanings due to which rule of language?

Question 3         

When her professor hands back her term paper and says, "Meet me in my o?ce after class. We need to talk," Dahlia's stomach lurches, a reaction in?uenced by which rule of language?

Question 4         

Sans has the same meaning in French as in English but is pronounced di?erently due to rules.

Question 5         

The Sapir?Whorf hypothesis is associated with   _.

Question 6

The Ogden and Richards "triangle of meaning" demonstrates which of the following principles?

Question 7         

The idea of 'fat talk' illustrates the in?uence of  on our perception of things, others, and

ourselves.