The borrowing of words such as rouge and garage from French into English are examples of which of the following kinds of language change?
a. internal change
b. external change
c. language degradation
d. language stasis
b
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What is the primary reason for balanced reciprocity?
a. To exchange surplus goods for those that are in short supply b. To create social networks and political alliances c. To locate marriage partners d. To develop long-range trade networks that extend beyond the immediate vicinity e. To allocate resources among various social classes within a society
“Dowry death” is __________
a. the murder or suicide of a new bride because the groom’s family is unhappy with the size of the dowry received b. the murder of a new bride committed by her own parents because they are unable to pay her dowry c. the murder of a new bride committed by her mother-in-law d. the murder of a new bride because she cannot bear children
Academic (pure, theoretical) anthropology became less popular during the 1950s after WWII
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Sociolinguistics is
A) the study of the interrelationship of social variables and language. B) the study of the morphology of language at the neurological level. C) a special branch of linguistics concerned with educating disadvantaged people in the correct use of grammar and vocabulary. D) the study of how people classify different objects. E) the branch of phonology that utilizes acoustics.