In addition to geographical separation, how do different dialects become completely different languages?
A) social restrictions preventing regular communication between the two groups
B) intentional distinction by the speakers of the two groups
C) educational differences between speakers of the two dialects
D) religious beliefs restricting the use of one of the dialects
A) social restrictions preventing regular communication between the two groups
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a. Because people do not always answer questionnaires accurately and honestly. b. Because the distribution of households made it impossible to conduct a random sample survey. c. Because only garbage associated with abandoned houses could legally be examined, and there was therefore no one to ask. d. Because so many households were included in the study, having people respond to questionnaires would have been an enormous and costly task. e. Because people do not trust archaeologists and will not readily answer their questions.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
According to Goldstein in "Polyandry: When Brothers Take a Wife," it is difficult for a male Tibetan to start his own farm because
a. the government restricts access to new land. b. there is no more land to reclaim in the mountains. c. it is difficult to terrace new land and keep animals simultaneously without help. d. only the eldest brother has a right to the family's estate.
Although still technically independent countries in the 1800s, China, Nepal, Afghanistan, Thailand, and Persia (Iran) were so strongly dominated by one or another European powers that some have termed them:
a. Semicolonial regions. b. Neocolonial regions. c. Quasicolonial regions. d. Eurocolonial regions.