Language and Language Use (*words/names are separated by _ )
Across
- 4. ______ hypothesis is the hypothesis that the human brain has evolved, so that humans can maintain larger ingroups.
- 7. A mental representation of an event, object, or situation constructed at the time of comprehending a linguistic description.
- 10. Group to which a person belongs.
- 11. Networks of social relationships among individuals through which information can travel.
Down
- 1. Words and expressions.
- 2. ___ bias is a tendency for people to characterize positive things about their ingroup using more abstract expressions, but negative things about their outgroups using more abstract expressions.
- 3. A stimulus presented to a person reminds him or her about other ideas associated with the stimulus.
- 4. Rules by which words are strung together to form sentences.
- 5. Constructing utterances to suit the audience’s knowledge.
- 6. Group to which a person does not belong.
- 8. ______ Hypothesis is the hypothesis that the language that people use determines their
- 9. Information that is shared by people who engage in a conversation.