<--BACKASL Linguistics Quiz #2 Instructions: Choose the best answer. When you are finished, click submit. 11. What term means that the form of a symbol is an icon or picture of some aspect of the thing or activity being symbolized? a. Onomatopoeia b. Iconic c. Arbitrary d. Phonesthesia 12. What do you call it when the sound of a word symbolizes the sound of the object or activity to which the word refers? a. Iconic b. Onomatopoeia c. Phonesthesia d. Arbitrary 13. What do you call groups of words that resemble each other and whose form seems to reflect their meaning? a. Arbitrary b. Iconic c. Onomatopoeia d. Phonesthesia 14. What are the three main communication domains of animals? a. mating, food, direction (travel information) b. danger, distance, food c. mating, danger, food d. distance, food, mating 15. Who established the Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb? (Which was later changed to the American School for the Deaf). a. Thomas Minor Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc b. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc c. Samuel Heinicke and Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet d. Samuel Heinicke and Mason Cogswell 16. What term refers to the various sign systems that were developed to represent English on the hands? a. PSE b. SEE c. Conceptually Accurate Signed English (CASE) d. Manually Coded English (MCE) 17. (According to the text) In spoken languages, do smaller gestures combine to form larger gestures? a. No b. Yes c. Occasionally d. Rarely 18. "Language contact" like what happened at Deaf Way is an avenue or process of introducing new symbols into ASL. Name another process for introducing new symbols that also begins with the letter "c." a. compounding b. conniption c. code mixing d. conjunctions 19. In ASL you wouldn't use a preposition such as "on" to indicate a book is on a table. What would you use instead? a. a loan sign b. noun-verb pair c. conjunction d. classifier predicate (or what is now called "depiction") 20. What nonmanual signal uses pouted lips with the tongue visibly positioned between the teeth and can be translated as meaning "carelessly?" a. "mm" b. cheek-shoulder (cs) c. "th" d. "cha" Name E-mail READY TO SUBMIT: I have filled out the above information. I have double checked to make sure each question is marked. I am turning in my answers officially for purposes of grading. I understand that I am not allowed to resubmit my answers once they have been graded. After you click submit you should be taken to a confirmation page within minute or two. Your Score: Correct answers: Copyright © 2003 Lifeprint.com. All rights reserved. Revised: 08/30/21
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ASL Linguistics Quiz #2 Instructions: Choose the best answer. When you are finished, click submit.
11. What term means that the form of a symbol is an icon or picture of some aspect of the thing or activity being symbolized? a. Onomatopoeia b. Iconic c. Arbitrary d. Phonesthesia 12. What do you call it when the sound of a word symbolizes the sound of the object or activity to which the word refers? a. Iconic b. Onomatopoeia c. Phonesthesia d. Arbitrary 13. What do you call groups of words that resemble each other and whose form seems to reflect their meaning? a. Arbitrary b. Iconic c. Onomatopoeia d. Phonesthesia 14. What are the three main communication domains of animals? a. mating, food, direction (travel information) b. danger, distance, food c. mating, danger, food d. distance, food, mating 15. Who established the Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb? (Which was later changed to the American School for the Deaf). a. Thomas Minor Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc b. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc c. Samuel Heinicke and Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet d. Samuel Heinicke and Mason Cogswell 16. What term refers to the various sign systems that were developed to represent English on the hands? a. PSE b. SEE c. Conceptually Accurate Signed English (CASE) d. Manually Coded English (MCE) 17. (According to the text) In spoken languages, do smaller gestures combine to form larger gestures? a. No b. Yes c. Occasionally d. Rarely 18. "Language contact" like what happened at Deaf Way is an avenue or process of introducing new symbols into ASL. Name another process for introducing new symbols that also begins with the letter "c." a. compounding b. conniption c. code mixing d. conjunctions 19. In ASL you wouldn't use a preposition such as "on" to indicate a book is on a table. What would you use instead? a. a loan sign b. noun-verb pair c. conjunction d. classifier predicate (or what is now called "depiction") 20. What nonmanual signal uses pouted lips with the tongue visibly positioned between the teeth and can be translated as meaning "carelessly?" a. "mm" b. cheek-shoulder (cs) c. "th" d. "cha"
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