One of Penelope Eckert's findings about California accents is that when people are and want to stay involved in their home community, they
A. tend to adopt a speech pattern with less of an accent.
B. copy the English they hear on the radio.
C. often develop extended versions of nonverbal communication among peer groups.
D. tend to talk like locals.
E. develop a unique accent.
Answer: D
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a. importance of big-game hunting b. development of artisan specialties c. focus on the collection of wild food sources d. mobile lifestyle based on natural food locations
Why do we not know whether bipedalism developed quickly or gradually?
A) There are very many bipedal hominoids but very few quadrupedal ones for comparison. B) Bipedalism seems to have appeared and disappeared from the fossil within a few million years. C) There are no transitional or early bipedal fossils through which we can study the development of bipedalism. D) The fossil record is very slim for the period between 8 and 4 million years ago.
In their study of Maya ethnomedicine, Elois Ann Berlin and Brent Berlin have shown that __________
A) their remedies have properties not that different from biomedical treatments B) their treatment of disease is based entirely on the concept of balance C) Western treatments fail to work in the Maya culture and environment D) Maya women have among the most comprehensive knowledge of medicinal plants
Domestication is a form of taming an animal
a. True b. False