How does Ferdinand de Saussure distinguish between language and speech, and why is this important for anthropologists?
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He uses the concepts of langue and parole to distinguish between the arbitrary system of signs used in a language and the performance (and delivery) of the language. Both affect the communication.
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While __________ disintegrated as a result of elite competition for control of the slave trade, __________ gained strength as a result of cooperative control by elites
a. the Yoruba; the kingdom of Kongo b. the kingdom of Kongo; the Ashanti c. the Ashanti; the Yoruba d. the Yoruba; the Ashanti
A lobola, a substantial marital gift from the husband and his kin to the wife and her kin, such as among the BaThonga of Mozambique, is
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