Define a language family

What will be an ideal response?


It is composed of all of the languages that derive from its common protolanguage.

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According to conflict theorists, the sense of national unity and social responsibility is undermined by an increase in inequality

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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________ were the precursors to primary states

A. Archaic states B. Tribes C. Chiefdoms D. Bands E. City-states

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Which of the following regarding hijras is not correct?

a. ?Most have their external male genitalia removed as an act of devotion to a deity. b. ?They most commonly identify as highly sexed males. c. ?They are frequently seen as marginalized individuals today in India. d. They have different and varied gender expressions and live as neither males nor females.

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Anthropologists who are interested in the ways in which people in different cultures classify their world often use a theory called:

a. Structuralism. b. Interpretive anthropology. c. Ethnoscience. d. Functionalism. e. Sociobiology.

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