What are genderlects? Give an example
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER:
They are linguistic differences in the way in which men and women talk to each other. For example, in the United States, women tend to convey submissiveness and lack of social power in the way they speak.
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a. a leveling mechanism. b. marriage transaction. c. bride service. d. bride wealth. e. dowry.
The Indonesian government has privileged the __________ as the ethnic identity presumed to be the national norm
a. Timorese b. Burmese c. Chinese d. Javanese
Compared to most mammals
A) only modern humans show unusually high encephalization quotient (EQ) values B) only humans and chimpanzees show higher EQ quotients C) all primates show significantly higher EQ values D) only living and extinct hominids show unusually high EQ values E) anthropoid primates generally show higher EQ values
During which of the following epochs did the first monkeys, apes, and human-like creatures (23 m.y.a.) appear?
a. Holocene b. Eocene c. Miocene d. Paleocene e. Pliocene