Explain how the field of historical linguistics traces cultural connections through related languages
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1, Define protolanguage
2, Explain the use of cognates to trace related languages
3, Discuss the use of diversity of similar languages and dialects to pinpoint the original location of a protolanguage
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a. women do not like the custom. b. men do not like the custom. c. of government opposition and new economic opportunities. d. of new techniques for reclaiming land to farm.
A critical insight of medical anthropology is that:
a. Disease and medicine never exist independently from culture. b. Diseases are universal, biological entities and have little relation to culture. c. There is a single, universal medical model that is applicable to all cultures. d. Although diseases may have different names and different treatments in different cultures, the same diseases are present in all cultures. e. Traditional cultures have a greater number of diseases that modern medicine considers "psychological" than does modern culture.
In "Conversation Style: Talking on the Job," Tannen notes that men often fail to ask for directions and that women usually do ask for directions. Because it is easy to show that not asking for directions can have dire consequences, she suggests that men
a. should change and ask for directions. b. should ask for directions but in an indirect manner. c. should be flexible, asking for directions when it seems appropriate to do so. d. should have a female companion ask for directions.
Homo erectus first emerged in the Oligocene era
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false