Johann Gottfried Herder, a German romantic historian, argued that language
A) was God-instilled
B) is inantely biological in humans
C) started when tongue-tied individuals got together and made up a language for themselves
D) arose from exclamations of pain, pleasure, fear, surprise, and so on
E) began when people imitated the sounds of the animals around them
E
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A the speaker's intention B the verbalized message C the effect of the message on the addressee D the cultural presupposition underlying the utterance E the facial expression of the addressee when the utterance is spoken
Chromosomes are only found in
a. prokaryotic cells b. nuclei of cells c. ribosomes d. mitochondria e. cell membrane
Which of the following best defines cline?
a. a folk taxonomic category based on biological observations b. the existence of two or more distinct phenotypes within a population c. the distribution of a trait or allele across geographical space d. a group of local populations
According to Karl Marx, classes are
A. complementary, in that they each do different tasks necessary for the survival of the society. B. part of the original, preindustrial social system of humans. C. powerful collective forces that could mobilize human energies to influence the course of history. D. not important to his vision of social change in Western society. E. based more on notions of prestige and morality than on actual economic differences.