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LCritchfi

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Sign language components such as different kinds of hand shape, placement, and movement, used to be called cheremes but nowadays they are referred to as:
 
  a. handemes.
  b. gesturemes.
  c. kinemes.
  d. primes.

Question 2

According to recent research by linguistic anthropologists, sign language:
 
  a. is the origin of human language.
  b. does not exhibit duality of patterning.
  c. is based on written language.
  d. are languages, just like spoken languages.



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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

d



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