Although language may be studied as an independent system, it is also important to look at in terms of what it tells us about society and culture. Whatever its phonemes, syntax, and history, language is a dynamic, adaptive system that facilitates the speaker's survival and gives clues about what is significant in his/her life. When we focus on the relationship between language and culture of
those who speak it and how they inform each other, we are doing:
a. ethnolinguistics.
b. descriptive linguistics.
c. historical linguistics.
d. glottochronology.
e. frame substitution.
a
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A) gathering information; constructing policy B) constructing policy; gathering information C) initiating action; gathering information D) initiating action; constructing policy
When brothers live with their parents as well as with their own nuclear families, this is called
a. a stem family. b. matrilocally extended family. c. the levirate. d. patrilocally extended family.
What type of family is typically found among traditional horticultural, agricultural, and pastoral societies around the world?
a. Nuclear b. Extended c. Matrilineal d. Neolocal e. Tributary
Which of the following is a cultural universal?
A. hypodescent B. transhumance C. some kind of family D. hyperdescent E. bifurcate merging kinship terminologies