What is paralanguage?

What will be an ideal response?


It is voice effects that accompany language and convey meaning.

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The near-complete skeleton and the many and diverse fossil fragments tell us that Ardipithecus:

A. exhibited a marked dimorphism between males and females. B. had large and prominent canine teeth. C. preferred a general omnivorous diet. D. had shorter arms than would be expected for a biped.

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Two principal themes found in anime and manga are:

a. Power and wealth. b. Cuteness and violence. c. Material prosperity and spiritual poverty. d. Sex and fear. e. History and fate.

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Among food foragers such as the Ju/’hoansi, land is:

a. defined as a territory with usable resources and flexible boundaries that belongs to a band that has occupied it for a long time. b. thought of as belonging to those who have bought it. c. considered private property, however the owner wants to share in order to be part of the band. d. owned by the ancestors, and the living only use it. e. leased by a corporation of strangers who support the survival of the foraging lifestyle.

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Which of these statements is NOT true?

A. "Ethnicity is based on actual, perceived, and assumed cultural similarities among members of the same ethnic group." B. "People may change the amount of importance they place on ethnicity due to political or individual life changes." C. "Ethnic distinctions can be based on language and geography." D. "Unlike race, ethnicity derives from biological differences among human groups." E. "Ethnic distinctions can be based on religion, kinship, history, and race."

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