Author Question: When anthropologists examine language across different cultures, they find that: a. Children ... (Read 44 times)

notis · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

When anthropologists examine language across different cultures, they find that:

a. Children learn to speak very early when the culture has written language.
b. Children learn to speak early when mothers and babies interact a lot.
c. Children speak in the same way in all cultures regardless of different languages.
d. Children learn to speak at the same time in all cultures and with equal competence.
e. Children raised with their mothers speak better than children raised with other relatives.

Question 2

Many linguists argue that there is a universal grammar. This is:

a. A set of words that means the same thing in every language.
b. A set of principles, conditions, and rules that underlie all languages.
c. A single word order in which different parts of speech must appear in all languages.
d. A simple way of speaking that can be understood by everyone all over the world.
e. An alphabet in which all languages and the sounds that make them up can be written.