What do linguists mean when they refer to grammar?
A) unconscious principles that predict how most people talk
B) prescriptive rules that people are supposed to follow when speaking
C) geographical variation within a single language
D) traits in a person's speech that serve as clues to their education and status
A
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Metallurgy and the wider and rapid distribution of metals evident after 5000 B.P. would not have developed without the crucial discovery of
A. richer veins of copper. B. copper hammering. C. smelting. D. the technique of heating copper at low temperatures. E. mining.
The smaller the price elasticity of demand, the ________ the profit-maximizing price and the ________ the markup.
A) higher; larger B) lower; larger C) higher; smaller D) lower; smaller
What research methods do most environmental anthropologists use at the local level?
A) archaeological B) genetic C) ethnographic D) historical
According to the Regional Continuity Model, ________ prevented local populations of premodern Homo sapiens from becoming separate species
a. genetic drift b. gene flow c. mitochondrial DNA d. displacement by African Homo sapiens e. founder's effect