Although languages generally change very slowly, one example of rapid change in language is the development of:
a. dialects.
b. cognates.
c. protolanguages.
d. pidgins.
d
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How might a premedical student apply some of the knowledge learned through anthropology as a physician? What is the value of studying the curing and belief systems of patients' ethnic groups?
What will be an ideal response?
Like ethnicity and language, religion also is
A. a social fiction. B. a topic of research that distinguishes anthropology from other disciplines. C. a phenomenon that illustrates the power of biology over culture. D. a cultural generality. E. associated with social divisions within and between societies and nations.
How is the understanding of the human birth process in the U.S. potentially a culture-bound perspective? a. Human birth is a highly cultural event and is not seen as inherently difficult and risky in all cultures. b. The human birth process is natural and occurs the same worldwide. c. The cultural understanding of birth in the U.S. is not as well understood as it in in European
countries. d. In the U.S., we have a good understanding of the biology of birth but no cultural context in which the makesense of it. e. Different ethnic groups have differently sized brains, so birth varies across cultures.
The cultural consequences of 400 years of European expansion differed greatly from one region of the world to the next
Indicate whether the statement is true or false