20 Questions
Human language uses the ______ channel to produce and perceive speech sounds.
vocal-auditory
The ______ feature of human language allows speakers to hear their own speech and make corrections.
total feedback
The relationship between form and meaning in human language is ______.
arbitrary
In human language, the word 'dog' is equivalent to ______ in Afrikaans.
hond
Bees perform a ______ dance when nectar is within 1 meter from the hive.
round
Sel, salt, and sout all refer to ______ chloride.
sodium
The cry of an animal may signal a specific ______ or the level of danger.
animal
Zebra finches raised in complete isolation do not sing the same ______ as they would if raised typically among other members of their species.
song
The language feature of ______ patterning allows for separate language units to be recombined in different orders.
duality
Dolphins, whales, and bats have the ability to learn new “regional ______” depending on what they are exposed to.
dialects
Humans are born with the capacity to acquire any language, which is a genetically determined ______ Faculty.
Language
In the “dance language” of bees, dances are used to communicate the loc + quality of ______.
nectar
White-crowned sparrows learn their local patterns by listening to ______ in their first three months.
adults
In human language, we use language to communicate about ______ language (= metalinguistic function).
human
There is no (linguistic) constraint on the length of ______ in a language.
sentences
Speakers have unconscious knowledge of specific language ______.
rules
A group of words can sometimes be the structural equivalent of one ______.
word
The units of human language (words, phrases, sentences) display internal ______.
structure
Speakers can arrange chunks of ______ according to specific rules.
structure
This feature of human language is not found in the communication systems of ______.
animals
Explore the characteristics of human language, including the use of vocal-auditory channels, total feedback, arbitrariness, and more. Learn about the advantages and uniqueness of human language.
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