The design feature of language that allows you to produce and comprehend entirely new utterances that you've never spoken or hear before is which of the following?

a. discreteness
b. displacement
c. productivity
d. duality of patterning


c

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The sickle-cell gene is often fatal to those who __________

a. inherit it from only one parent b. inherit it from both parents c. get malaria d. live in warm regions of the globe

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In his article, "A Goy in the Ghetto," William Mitchell describes some of the challenges he faced as an anthropologist learning to adjust to:

a. New Jersey accents. b. styles of communication. c. types of teasing. d. different kinds of food.

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Which of the following is not a possible explanation for the egalitarian societies of foragers?

a. The value of reciprocal sharing b. Bilateral kinship relations c. A system of inheritable wealth d. Continual mobility

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Belgian colonial administrators were careful to use culturally significant differences to distinguish between the Hutus and Tutsis.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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