Which of the following statements concerning bilingualism is not correct?A.Research indicates that bilingualism has serious negative effects on language development. B.Research indicates that bilingualism enhances cognitive processing. C.Laws that reduce the availability of bilingual education programs have led to increased controversy over bilingualism. D.Bilingualism is more common in Europe than in the United States.
An individual who is bilingual is able to speak two different languages.
Which of the following statements is true about prairie dogs? A.Prairie dogs have a specific call to indicate the intelligence of the predator. B.Prairie dogs vary their call depending on the characteristics of a predator. C.Prairie dogs vary their call only when their community is out of danger. D.Prairie dogs have one basic call that indicates the presence of predators.
When a person’s first language affects the pronunciation and grammatical pattern of the second language, it is called __________.A.underextensionB.bilingualismC.linguistic interferenceD.overregularization
Primates are able to acquire language about as fast as speaking children can.
Research done in Nicaragua suggests that language influences one’s ability to understand large numbers.
Humans are the only animals capable of communication.
Linguistic relativity is the hypothesis that an individual’s language __________. A.is determined by one’s thoughtsB.influences one’s ability to have multiple thoughts C.shapes and influences one’s thoughtsD.does not relate to one’s personal thoughts
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