4. william Labov says that linguists work in the lab, in the bush, on the street, in the closet and in the library. What would be the most typical working place for a sociolinguist? the library the closet the street the bush 5. Why itis difficult to decide how old human language is? (Give the best possible answer.) The oldest languages were not written down. It is unlikely that homo sapiens already had a language, and individual languages arose independently in different places. There is no fossil evidence. Languages have the property of displacement, which causes that we cannot pinpoint them in place or time. 6. _ Inwhat respect are bats and seals linguistically similar to humans? They show discrete infinity. They can learn to produce new sounds. They have vocal tracts similar to humans. They can express every possible thought and feeling. 7. Which of the characteristics usually found only in human language is found in the language of bees as well?