When countries react to a real or perceived threat of foreign cultural dominance by purging foreign words from the language, it is an example of:
a. cultural conservatism.
b. linguistic ethnocentrism.
c. linguistic parochialism.
d. linguistic nationalism.
e. ethnolinguistics.
d
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A. Sipán. B. Huánuco Pampa. C. Machu Picchu. D. Cuzco. E. Chan Chan.
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To say that language is grammatical is to say that __________
a. language is spoken b. words are assembled from small sound elements c. the words we use have meaning d. there is no limit to the number of ways words can be strung together
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Which of the following European powers was NOT an important conqueror in the New World?
a. Spain b. Portugal c. England d. Italy
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The carrying of the embryo/fetus within the female's body until birth is known as:
A. internal gestation. B. parturition. C. internal ovulation. D. micturition.
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