A language in which the sound pitch of a spoken word is an essential part of its pronunciation and meaning is called a:
a. paralinguistic language.
b. tonal language.
c. linguistic subfamily.
d. dialect.
e. displacement.
b
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The origin of domesticated cattle has been traced to __________
A. Bison antiquus, an extinct form of buffalo that was once common in North America B. the taming of certain varieties of wildebeest that can still be found today in parts of East Africa C. Bos primigenius, a wild species native to Europe that became extinct in the early seventeenth century D. Paleolithic herding of water buffalo in parts of India and Southeast Asia
Biological race is defined by
A) blood group. B) sickle-cell gene. C) lactase enzyme gene. D) observable features such as skin color or hair shape. E) Any of the above could be used to biologically categorize humans in different ways.
Until the __________ prevailing attitudes in the United States accepted multilingualism in education and public life
a. 1830s b. Civil War c. end of the nineteenth century d. 1950s
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic field technique of the ethnographer?
A. random sampling B. structured interviewing C. life histories D. the genealogical method E. working with informants