The categories and rules for combining vocal symbols are called

a. phonemes.
b. grammar.
c. sociolinguistic rules.
d. speech.


Correct Answer: b

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The American anthropologist Edward Sapir and his student, Benjamin Whorf, drawing on his experience with the language of the Hopi Indians, developed a full-fledged theory now known as the theory of:

a. cultural relativity. b. linguistic relativity. c. code switching. d. linguistic nationalism. e. phenomenology.

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