The requirement that a message sent over any type of communication system must have a meaning is known as: a. semanticity b. interchangeability c. displacement d. modality The system of communication used by birds possesses all of the following: characteristics EXCEPT: a. semanticity b. interchangeability c. creativity d. cultural transmission When we compare human language to the vast majority of animal languages, which of the following statements is the MOST accurate? a. human languages must be learned, but animal systems are instinctual. b. all animal systems have a fixed number of signals. c. human language serves a pragmatic function. d. only humans can both send and receive messages. All of the following have been studied by linguists to provide support for the theory of language modularity EXCEPT: a. communication disorders such as stammering and stuttering. b. aphasia. d. children with SLI (Specific-Language Impairments) d. Williams and Turner Syndromes. "Oh, I can't hill all of my way, I can't talk all of the things I do, and part of the part I can go alright, but I can't tell from the other people. I know what can I talk and know what they are, but I can't always cone back, even though I know they should be in." The above sample of speech was most symptomatic of: a. Broca's aphasia b. primary dyslexia c. Wernicke's aphasia d. contralaterialism The belief that all human languages descended form ONE original language is known as: a. unitarianism b. mononucleosis c. unitheism d. monogenesis e. Edenism