De Anza College Bilingualism and Communication Questions 1. What is meant by the statement: “nonverbal communication and verbal communication are often syn

De Anza College Bilingualism and Communication Questions 1. What is meant by the statement: “nonverbal communication and verbal communication are often synchronized”?

2. What is meant by the term “Deaf Community”? What are some aspects of the deaf community?

3. In what ways are looking or gazing patterns important in human communication?

4. Describe 2 cultural differences in maxims of conversation that you have learned in class, the textbook, or from personal experience.

5. Explain the difference between simultaneous bilingualism and sequential bilingualism.

6. Explain the concept of universal grammar. How is it possible to have a universal grammar when each language has different grammatical rules?

7. At awards shows for television and film as well as in other contexts, women who act often refer to themselves as actors, not actresses. What are some of the social reasons for this change? What other language changes in the areas of gender identification have occurred in American English in recent decades?

8. Wars have also been fought over what language should be the official language spoken in a territory. Why is the choice of a national language of a territory so important to the people who live in that territory?

9. How can you apply the knowledge of linguistics in your daily life?

10. Which fields of linguistics that were covered in the Introduction to Linguistics class did you find the most meaningful and/or interesting? Explain your answer.