The study of the relationship between language and culture is called cultural emphasis
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
False
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a. his own family of decent b. his wife's family c. both his and his wife's families d. his wife's father
Each of the following is true of patrilineal descent EXCEPT it
a. is more common than matrilineal descent. b. traces kin connections to the ancestors and relatives of fathers. c. places importance on a person’s father’s relatives. d. makes men the primary disciplinarians of their sisters' children.
A good summary of Sapir and Whorf’s conclusion about the relationship between language and thought is __________
a. culture and society shape language b. language determines thought and culture c. language serves as a set of guideposts for human thought but does not constrain people’s ability to think d. language shapes the wiring of the brain
What is num?
a. A specialized shaman who contacts the supernatural directly b. ?A healing life-force associated with the San c. A ritual practice associated with Taoism d. An ancestral spirit-force that appears in the Ghost Dance