What is a minimal pair?
A A pair of words that are spelled the same way but are pronounced differently.
B A pair of words that are pronounced differently but spelled the same.
C A pair of words that have the same sounds except for one feature of significant difference.
D A pair of words that have identical meanings in many different contexts.
E A pair of words that have opposite meanings for most speakers.
C
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a. primate characteristics evolved as adaptive advantages in a purely terrestrial environment. b. mammalian characteristics evolved as adaptive advantages in a purely arboreal environment. c. primate characteristics evolved as adaptive advantages in the shrubby forest undergrowth. d. primate characteristics evolved as primates adapted to the highest tiers in the forest canopy. e. primate characteristics evolved as adaptive advantages in a purely aquatic environment.
Who is a "consanguine?"
a. Someone related by blood b. Someone related by marriage c. A relationship of fictive kin d. A cousin through the mother's side e. A cousin through the father's side
Yehudi Cohen's adaptive strategies
A. have strong predictive powers when analyzed in computer models. B. suggest an association between the economies of societies and their social features. C. suggest that economic systems are a better way of categorizing societies than relying on cultural patterns. D. suggest hypothetical correlations-that is, a causal relation between two or more variables, such as economic and cultural variables. E. suggest multidirectional relationships between a society's mean and its mode of production.
The fossil record is representative but not __________
a. complete b. unique c. consistent d. fragmented