Why is the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis significant to linguistic studies?
What will be an ideal response?
Because it argues that language shapes our experience of culture and our perceptions of reality, it means that language is the most critical aspect of being human.
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
What do Gap, H&M, and Adidas have in common?
A) They all are companies that have resisted becoming multinational. B) They have an excellent record of using only fair trade policies in their factories. C) They have all stocked consumer goods that were originally produced in sweatshops. D) They are all owned by the same multinational corporation. E) They hire only men as workers.
The one thing that all pluralistic states, past and present, irrespective of other differences among them, share is a tendency:
a. to grow beyond their capacity to maintain their society. b. to fragment. c. to stagnate. d. toward the development of a dictatorship. e. toward the development of a democracy.
How can governments avoid responsibility for domestic environmental concerns?
a) Practice “sustainable growth” b) Remove all regulations on corporate practices c) Displace regulatory power onto global governance institutions such as the WTO d) Encourage global activism on specific environmental issues