The studies of the use of feminine language forms in Japanese indicate that
A women are starting to use more feminine forms in their speech.
B younger women are using more masculine forms than older women.
C there are no longer any differences between the language forms used by women and men.
D older men are starting to use more feminine language forms than younger men.
E lower middle class women use more masculine forms than women in other classes.
B
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The domestic-public dichotomy is
A. reinforced in American society by women working both inside and outside the home. B. more pronounced in foraging societies where gathering is the main subsistence activity. C. significant because public activities often have greater prestige than domestic ones do. D. not present in the industrial states of the Western world. E. not significant in urban industrial societies.
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a. True b. False