According to the principle of linguistic relativity, all languages and dialects are equally effective as systems of communication.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
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Some scholars suggest that the development of street gangs in Mexican-American neighborhoods is a response to __________
A) the absence of male models in the household B) increasing high school dropout rates C) language and cultural immersion programs D) domineering parents and high social stress
Which of the following is NOT characteristic of the evolutionary pattern of the hominin lineage ancestral to modern humans?
A. increasing body and dental robustness B. the increasing reliance on extrasomatic means to overcome environmental challenges C. increasing brain size D. decreasing sexual dimorphism
Primates differ from other mammals in that primates are characterized by:
A. eyes encircled by a bony ring B. nails on the big toe C. a relatively larger brain D. all of these
Ann Senghas's research with deaf children in Nicaragua supported the idea that __________
A. sign languages are less complex than spoken languages B. there is a critical developmental stage for acquiring the rules of language C. sign languages are universal D. spoken language evolved from primitive gestural forms of communication