Among the Azande, illness and many other forms of misfortune are all blamed on witchcraft. This illustrates the ____ of witchcraft
a. sociological interpretation
b. cognitive interpretation
c. interpretivist theory
d. functional theory
b
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Which of the following is not a main branch of linguistics?
a. descriptive linguistics b. historical linguistics c. language in a cultural setting d. gestural linguistics
Evidence that this is a fairly permanent settlement comes from
A. the presence of the cemetery. B. the evidence of hunting. C. the presence of artworks. D. the association of the bone tools with charcoal.
When English-speaking children produce "incorrect" forms such as "sheeps," "gooses," and "taked," they are:
a. discovering and using grammatical regularities in their language. b. reflecting universal grammatical patterns. c. reflecting ancient forms of language. d. holding out for rewards.
The government of India had to abort several attempts to establish Hindi as the official language because:
a. there were too many dialects to narrow into one form of Hindi. b. riots broke out in non-Hindi speaking areas of the country. c. linguists could not keep track of all the languages. d. colonization made English a much better choice for a national language. e. teaching bilingual skills was an expensive, difficult undertaking.