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Question 31

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Social markers in speech can act as cues about

A) grammar
B) group membership
C) linguistic relativity
D) none of the above

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Question 32

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Maria and Tony are about to have a private and detailed research discussion.They have about equal expertise.Given the results reported by Dovidio and colleagues (1988) regarding sex stereotypes,which of the following outcomes is the most likely?

A) Maria will gaze more when listening than when speaking
B) Maria and Tony will each gaze about the same whether speaking or listening
C) Tony will gaze more when listening than when speaking
D) None of the above

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Question 33

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Blind and deaf people facially express basic emotions in a similar way to those without a disability.This supports the idea of ________ with respect to emotions.

We use our faces to express our emotions and we use display rules to

The objective features of an inter-ethnic context that influence language behaviour are referred to as

Ekman's work suggests that

Body movements as a form of communication are called

Chrissie wants to increase the number of tips she gets in her part-time waiting job.Her best chance of success is to

Research on speech differences between men and women indicates that sex-stereotypical differences are

The tendency of a speaker to gaze at a lower-status listener is

An example of a prosodic feature is

Discourse refers to

Language is

People's attitudes towards others based on their speech style have commonly been investigated using

A study by Kraut and Johnson (1979) showed that people smile more when interacting with other people than when alone.This is good evidence that

Sarah has her MBA and now works for a big law firm.While on holiday she bumps into Spike,a onetime childhood classmate.Spike now works at a car assembly plant.They talk about the good old days.Sarah tries to use a few streetwise words,while Spike finds himself editing out some of his favourite swear words.Sarah and Spike show

Sharma is a second-generation immigrant in an English-speaking country.The language of her parents and grandparents is spoken less and less where she lives.Kevin lives in the same city but belongs to the ethnolinguistic majority.In a conversation between the two,Sharma is likely to show

In its strong form,the theory of linguistic relativity argues that language

If we wanted to experimentally test people's attitudes towards a person based on speech style,a well-established method we could use is

Karen is a bit nervous about meeting 'the big boss'.She tries to cover this up by smiling carefully at every comment her boss makes,and leans back a little in her chair to show that she is relaxed.Karen is employing that good old standby called