Which of the following is the best example of a synchronic analysis of language?
a. How greetings have changed in English during the past 200 years
b. Analyzing the word origins of "percussion"
c. Interpreting the colonialist legacy in the Swahili language
d. Separating out English words that have been borrowed from other languages
e. Comparative analysis of conjunctions in English and Spanish
e
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The Neolithic revolution had many consequences, but it is marked as being the time period in which people began:
a. domesticating plants and animals b. forming state societies c. engaging in economic exchange d. developing electronic technology
Many linguists argue that there is a universal grammar. This is:
a. A set of words that means the same thing in every language. b. A set of principles, conditions, and rules that underlie all languages. c. A single word order in which different parts of speech must appear in all languages. d. A simple way of speaking that can be understood by everyone all over the world. e. An alphabet in which all languages and the sounds that make them up can be written.
The Chimpanzee diet includes __________
a. fruit b. insects c. meat d. all of these
The levirate is a marriage custom in which _____
a. a widow marries the brother or another close relative of her dead husband b. a widower marries the sister or another close relative of his dead wife c. a person marries a cross cousin d. a person marries a parallel cousin e. the groom must marry his sister