New World monkeys most likely emerged during the Oligocene epoch
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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A sequence of chemical bases on a molecule of DNA constitutes a recipe for making ____________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Campbell and Loy suggest that modern speech and language appear
A) 800,000 years ago in Homo erectus B) 200,000 years ago with the evolution Homo sapiens C) 30,000 years ago in Europe with the appearance of Cro-magnon D) 300,000 years ago with Neandertals E) none of these
Children commonly pluralize words incorrectly, such as "mans," "deers," and "mouses." What does this suggest about the grasp of linguistic rules?
A) They have an intuitive understanding of morphology. B) Children have a very simplistic understanding of grammatical rules. C) They must learn each word as an individual unit of vocabulary, and cannot apply general rules. D) Children understand free morphemes but not bound morphemes.
The process of creating new words from existing words (e.g., creating verbs from nouns) by affixation is called:
a. morphing. b. inflection. c. hierarchy. d. derivation.