Linguistic anthropologists use __________________ to reveal the culturally important features by which speakers of a language distinguish different words in a semantic domain

a. contrast analysis
b. taxonomy
c. componential analysis
d. ethnography


C

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What will be an ideal response?

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A society's environment:

a. has no effect on its food-getting strategy. b. absolutely determines the food-getting strategy that is its best adaptation. c. influences its food-getting strategy and sets broad limitations. d. sets very narrow limits on possible alternative food-getting strategies. e. is the only thing that affects its food-getting strategy.

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One result of slave-based economies in the New World was __________

a. the accumulation of capital and resources that made the industrial revolution possible b. the inhibition of colonial migration to the Americas for lack of jobs there c. a focus on non-agricultural economic practices in the New World such as manufacturing d. a more egalitarian distribution of wealth amongst world superpowers

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In the current digital age, there are common associations based on virtual communities, including Facebook, which has approximately how many subscribers worldwide?

a. 3 billion b. 1 billion c. 750 million d. 500 million e. 50 million

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