Which of these is most likely to be a task for anthropological linguists?
a. Analyzing the pattern of sounds in the Mandarin Chinese language
b. Studying why adults have greater difficulty making some sounds than others
c. Examining how different forms of the same language are used in different social contexts
d. None of these is a task for anthropological linguistics
ANSWER:
c
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