The ability to speak a language well in a variety of social situations is called:
a. linguistic competence.
b. verbal competence.
c. communicative competence.
d. poetic competence.
c
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Even though the cranial capacity estimates of Australipiths are within the range of most modern great apes, their brains were:
a. more encephalized b. much smaller. c. more limited. d. impossible to measure. e. more suited for complex language.
Chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans and women in foraging societies nurse their infants for approx. how many yrs?
a. ½- 1. b. 1-2. c. 2-4. d. 4-6 e. 6-8
English is a member of which language family?
a. Celtic b. Indic c. Slavic d. Germanic e. Hellenic