__________ is the study of culture through people’s use of language to categorize and classify people, objects, activities, and experiences

a. Sociolinguistics
b. Ethnosemantics
c. Ethnography of communication
d. Componential analysis


Answer: b

Anthropology & Archaeology

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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According to Fish in "Mixed Blood," the American conception of race

a. is based on what body shapes people have. b. is based on the racial identity of one's parents. c. ignores the principle of hypo-descent. d. is based on biological reality.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Forensic anthropologist Karen Burns investigated alleged atrocities in northern Iraq following the 1991 Gulf War. She established that one individual was murdered (and not buried by his family) simply through evidence of:

a. a large skull fracture on the left side of the cranium b. a gun buried beside the individual c. two polyester threads attached to his legs d. two cotton shrouds wrapping his lower body

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