1) • The total number of spoken and signed languages in the world is about 7,000. a) 7000 b) 10,000 2) Natural processes of _____ affect all languages over time, and linguistic change is not linguistic decay. a) linguistic decay b) linguistic change 3) A _____ is primarily a system of arbitrary signs, but some linguisticsigns are representational. a) human language b) animal language 4) _____ is a system of elements and patterns that organizes linguistic experience a) grammar b) vocabulary 5) _____ of human language systems are arbitrariness, discreteness, duality, displacement, and recursion/productivity. a) Ten hallmarks b) Five hallmarks 6) A ______ is better viewed as a triangle whose faces are meaning and expression and whose base is context. a) system b) language system 7) _____ can operate in three modes: speaking, writing, and signing. a) linguistic communication b) communication 8) Everyone speaks a dialect, and _____ do not exist independently of their dialects a) dialects b) languages 9) Chimpanzees do not have a suitable_____ for speaking but in very limited ways are capable of joining several signs in meaningful strings. a) vocal apparatus b) vocal cords 10) Large bodies of machine-readable texts called _____ are used to explore natural language use in all its contexts. a) lingua b) corpora

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