Humans have the ability to talk about things, times and places that are not within their immediate experience. The term for this is
a. arbitrariness.
b. displacement.
c. grammar.
d. discrete and recombinable elements.
b
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a. polygynandrous b. polygynous c. monogamous d. polyandrous
The Eskimo kinship system produces a designation of parallel and cross cousins
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
What is meant by the term "dialect"?
a. The original form of a language. b. The proper way of speaking. c. A substandard way of speaking. d. A regional or subcultural variant of language.
Ruth Benedict used the term ____ to describe what she considered the cultural excess of the Kwakiutl of the Northwest Coast
a. Apollonian b. Dionysian c. Athenia d. Bacchanalian