Recording, defining, and analyzing patterns in a language’s features is ______ linguistics.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s)


Answer: Descriptive

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Recently a new method of potassium-argon dating, called single-crystal fusion, has been developed. This method has an advantage over the traditional potassium-argon dating in that it can be used to:

A. date organic material B. reduce the effects of contamination C. date smaller samples D. reduce the effects of contamination and date smaller samples

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Linguistic indication of non-neutral forms of words is called

a. marking. b. painting. c. noting. d. switching.

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The Olmec culture was located primarily:

a. along the Gulf Coast of Mexico b. in highland Mexico c. along the Andean coast of South America d. in the Amazon basin of South America e. in the southwestern United States

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