The idea that variation in languages appears gradually over distance so that groups of people who live near one another speak in a way that is mutually intelligible

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language continuum

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How were gender roles depicted in Orientalist art?

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The ability to move seamlessly and appropriately between two languages is called:

A) code-switching. B) DORTspeak. C) the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. D) language stratification. E) hierarchical tempering.

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People who accept the functionalist theory of social inequality argue that societies must pay the most money to the best people

a. True b. False

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Most transnational communities are found in

a. Central and South America. b. India and East Asia. c. Western Europe and the United States. d. the countries of the Middle East.

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