Nonverbal actions with specific meanings that substitute for spoken words are __________
a. emblems
b. nonverbal communication
c. body language
d. gestures
Answer: a. emblems
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Which sound is among the first three sounds that children use to make words?
A /h/ B /s/ C /p/ D /z/ E / /
In a stratified society, even people who do not speak the prestige dialect tend to accept it as standard or superior. This phenomenon is referred to as
A. diglossia. B. creolization. C. symbolic domination. D. hypercorrection. E. style shifting.
The terms female genital mutilation and female circumcision reflect __________
a. different procedures that are conducted on women in some cultures b. different attitudes toward the same procedure c. a medical versus nonmedical understanding of a cultural practice d. the need for more precise terms in anthropological research
Witchcraft and sorcery are only found in small-scale non-Western societies
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.