Hockett's pinciples test

Charles Hockett published The origin of Speech in 1960

• True

• False

Hockett originally proposed 16 design features of language that were later reduced to 13

• True

• False

All Hockett's language design features can be applied to

• Humans

• Apes

• Dolphins

• Bees

How many of Hockett's principles are applied to human language?

• All

• 10

• 6

• None

How many Hockett's principles are exclusively human?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 1

Semanticity can only be applied to human language

• True

• False

Hockett's linguistic design features are a definite tool to evaluate language

• True

• False

Bees communication has displacement principle

• True

• False

Which principle best describes this quote

• Duality of patterning

• Arbitrariness

• Creativity

• Learnability

Turn-taking is an exclusive human feature

• True

• False