Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1.Understanding and respecting another person’s mode of expression, regardless of whether we share the grammatical conventions, is important.
2.Words are reality; they represent it.
3.We use words “to snarl” (register disapproval) or “purr” (register approval).
4.Linguist Deborah Tannen has coined the term genderlect to describe the secret language that women use to describe men.
5.Linguistic relativity means that languages contain unique embedded elements such as a language’s grammar.


1.TRUE
2.FALSE
3.TRUE
4.FALSE
5.TRUE

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