Name and describe the two particular aspects of structure that pertain to all human languages
What will be an ideal response?
ANS: All languages contain phonology (a sound system) and grammar (rules by which sounds are combined into meaning).
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The mechanisms of human adaptation may be less effective at present than in earlier times because
A) we often don't get immediate feedback from the environmental consequences of our actions. B) the environmental consequences of our actions are less serious than they formerly were because technology is able to deal with them. C) many decisions that affect the environment are made by people far removed from the consequences. D) all of the above. E) A and C.
In most human societies, the basic unit within which cooperative work takes place is the:
a. nuclear family b. household c. village d. geographic area
The fact that anatomical structures appear to be uniquely fitted to the functions they serve was the basis for the
a. theory of uniformitarianism. b. theory of natural selection. c. theory of the inheritance of acquired characteristics. d. theory of catastrophism. e. argument from design.
Sociolinguists study
A. bipedalism. B. cross-cultural phonemic distinctions. C. cognitive capacity for language. D. speech in its social context. E. the universal grammar of language.