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What Is Binary Opposition?

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1 Question
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Binary opposition always consists of _________ entities.


Five 

Three

Two

2 Question
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Binary opposites are the two theoretical opposites that are strictly defined and set off against one another.


True

False

3 Question
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The concept of "Binary opposition" was introduced by __________.


Noam Chomsky

Ferdinand de Saussure

Charles Peirce

4 Question
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Binary opposition is ___________ oriented.


Language

Theory

Both

5 Question
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___________ describes binary opposition as a fundamental organizer of human philosophy, culture, and language.


Socialism

Scepticism

Structuralism

6 Question
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In a language, each ________ is defined in reciprocal determination with another term.


Value

Unit

Word

7 Question
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Binary codes exclusive qualities of one particular thing or species.


True

False

8 Question
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Are binary opposites always polar opposites?


Yes

No

9 Question
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According to Saussure, a __________ is composed of the signifier and the signified.


Sign

Scene

Slide

10 Question
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Binary opposites are used to understand one concept in relation to another one.


True

False

11 Question
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Binary oppositions is often __________-laden and ethnocentric.


Information

Fact

Value

12 Question
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Pick out the binary opposite: Love-


Dislike

Unwanted

Hate

13 Question
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Q.

Pride- 


Shy

Shame

Both

14 Question
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Q.

Sane- 


Insane

Crazy

Both

15 Question
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Kind- 


Cruel

Snobby

Moody

16 Question
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Friend-


Rival

Enemy

Brother

17 Question
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________ is defined as the division or contrast between two things that are represented as being opposed to each other or entirely different.


Diabolic

Diatechnomy

Dichotomy

18 Question
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____________ has stated that meaning is often defined in terms of binary oppositions, where "one of the two terms governs the other."


Michel Foucault

Jacques Derrida

Martin Heidegger

19 Question
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Binary opposites like man/woman and white/black have been subjects of political critique by various philosophers.


True

False

20 Question
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__________ is binary opposition states that some audiences will favour one part of a binary opposition pair over the other.


Logocentrism

Logocircumference

Both

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