The splitting of the word hamburger into the morphemes ham and burger after it was borrowed from German into English is an example of which of the following?
a. diglossia
b. voicing
c. language degeneration
d. reanalysis
d
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To whom are you most responsible?
Neandertal brain size
a. was smaller, on average, than that of modern humans. b. was larger, on average, than that of modern humans. c. was smaller, on average, than that of Homo erectus. d. averaged about 2,500 cm3. e. averaged about 1,100 cm3.
When carrying out research in urban areas, anthropologists often use methods similar to those of __________
a. historians b. economists c. psychologists d. sociologists
With perhaps an exception or two, language is a system of communication unique to humans in part because it is __________
a. both verbal and nonverbal b. complex c. symbolic d. memory based