The entire formal structure of a language consisting of all observations about its meaningful units of sounds and the rules or principles of making phrases and sentences is called its:
a. syntax.
b. form classes.
c. morphology.
d. phonology.
e. grammar.
e
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________ refers to the specialized set of terms and distinctions that are particularly important to certain groups.
A. Focal vocabulary B. Spatial vocabulary C. Temporal vocabulary D. Syntactical vocabulary E. Vernacular vocabulary
For the academic community, a critical problem with secret research is:
a. It may endanger the lives of the anthropologists who pursue it. b. The scientific community has no way to assess its validity. c. It is almost always used for illegal or immoral purposes. d. It is unlikely to provide benefits to either anthropologists or the people who are the subjects of such research. e. It can rarely be used to support the tenure and promotion of anthropology professors.
The European colonial powers:
a. only founded colonies in societies with long histories as chiefdoms. b. never found chiefs to be associated with supernatural powers. c. eliminated traditional chiefs because they interfered with colonial administration. d. created chiefs where none had previously existed in order to facilitate administration of local populations. e. recognized local chiefs and used them in order to create orderly societies that were subordinated to Europeanadministrations.
In the distant past, infectious diseases could have substantial impact on:
A. foreign populations or groups but seldom significantly impacted large regions or areas. B. local populations or groups but seldom significantly impacted large regions or areas. C. foreign populations or groups and often significantly impacted small regions or areas. D. local populations or groups and often significantly impacted large regions or areas.