Review - fact and opinion

Choose the words or phrases that make the statement nonfactual.

Linguists distrust unsupported claims about language just as fiercely as astrophysicists distrust iffy ideas about outer space.

• distrust

• claims

• unsupported claims

• iffy ideas

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

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We can say that this advance is tiny without implying any criticism of cognitive linguists.

• say

• tiny

• without implying

• criticism

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

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 Linguists have an especially hard time defining their field and keeping less-than- informed observers at bay.

• an especially hard time

• defining

• keeping ... at a bay

• less-than-informed

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

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Linguists are rather used to having nonspecialist visitors criticizing the drapes and the furniture.

• are rather used to

• nonspecialist visitors

• criticizing

• the draps and the furniture

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

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As intrusive as these relationships can sometimes be, a broad relevance is part of what makes linguistics exciting.

• instructive

• sometimes

• a broad relevance

• exciting

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

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Consider the map in Figure 1, a concise demonstration of why historical linguistics-one of those hybrid borderland fields - is not only interesting but vitally current

• consider

• a concise demonstration

• hybrid borderland field

• not only interesting but also vitally current

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Choose the hedging word or phrase in the statement.

Linguists may be used to being ignored in the movies, as opposed to doctors, engineers, and other professionals.

• may

• being ignored

• as opposed to

• other professionals

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

 

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Gunarsson hints at a common misconception concerning the work of linguists- that their job is to know a lot of languages.

• hints

• a common misconception

• a lot of languages

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

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To get an idea of how a linguist might handle such a form of communication, Villeneuve gave some [logograms] to Coon, with no hint of any meaning.

• an idea of

• might

• no hint of

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

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Chiang, in his short story, may have given too much credence to Sapir-Whorf, but there is no point in trying to remove it.

• too much credence

• may

• no point