The P of Dell Hymes' S-P-E-A-K-I-N-G mnemonic refers to:
a. politeness.
b. posture.
c. presentation.
d. participants.
d
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A. courts of law B. song contests C. blood feuds D. kin ties E. killing of the offender
When deciding whether to have children, people in North America and in LDCs share a desire to
a. limit the size of their families. b. carefully consider the consequences of their decisions for the broader society. c. consider the costs and benefits to themselves. d. practice contraception.
Which of the following regions is NOT an area where agriculture was invented?
a. the Middle East b. China c. Europe d. Central and South America
“Genderlects” refers to linguistic gender differences in the United States, where
a. women’s speech tends to be cooperative in character b. women engage in “report-talk,” while men engage in “rapport-talk” c. women emphasize establishing a place in the competitive social hierarchy d. men tend to engage more often than women do in “active listening” e. women tend to use more qualifiers than men in their speech, making it difficult to converse