Chapter 5: Language
1. The term langue represents 
A.	*internal mental capacity for language
B.	speech of a language
C.	grammatical conventions of a language
D.	a form of dialect

2. Which of the following are conversational acts?
A.	*all of these responses
B.	expressives
C.	commissives
D.	directives

3. The speech we use in particular situations is guided by
A.	*cultural scripts
B.	legal precedent
C.	economic incentive
D.	extractive industries

4. Which of the following is NOT a major language?
A.	*Basque
B.	English
C.	Mandarin
D.	Spanish

5. The Indo-European family of languages includes
A.	*all of these are Indo-European 
B.	Spanish
C.	Persian
D.	Russian

6. The Germanic branch of Indo-European includes
A.	*English
B.	Romanian
C.	Welsh
D.	Latvian

7. Basque is related to which of the following languages?
A.	*None of these
B.	Spanish
C.	Turkish
D.	Hebrew

8. A composite language with a simplified grammatical system and a limited vocabulary is a(n)
A.	*pidgin
B.	dialect
C.	derivative
D.	proto-language

9. A medium of communication and commerce among diverse language groups.
A.	*lingua franca
B.	native language
C.	isolated language
D.	creole

10. This is the largest language family
A.	*Indo-European
B.	Sino-Tibetan
C.	Afro-Asiatic
D.	Austronesian