A particular way of speaking, or language variation that is associated with wealth, success, education and power

What will be an ideal response?


prestige language

Anthropology & Archaeology

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In what type of societies are extended-family households found most frequently?

A) post-industrial Western societies B) sedentary agricultural economies C) semi-nomadic herding cultures D) traveling food collector bands

Anthropology & Archaeology

The known postcranial bones of Proconsul suggest that the major locomotion pattern of this form was:

A. knuckle-walking B. brachiation C. bipedalism D. arboreal quadrupedalism

Anthropology & Archaeology

In ordinary interaction between people in the United States, ____ is commonly believed to be an indicator of one’s class membership

a. occupation b. accrued assets c. family name d. household income

Anthropology & Archaeology

Anthropological theories tend to emphasize __________ as the dominant factor(s) in the emergence of the state

A) conflict B) integration C) language D) both conflict and integration E) both conflict and language

Anthropology & Archaeology