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Anajune7

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The main idea of the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis is that
 
  a. language is just a device for reporting a person's experience.
  b. two languages can represent the same social reality.
  c. the social reality can be conveyed to a person who does not speak the language.
  d. language functions as a way of shaping a person's experience.

Question 2

According to the Bernstein Hypothesis, all of the following statements are true except:
 
  a. Culture, subculture, social context, and social system are all a part of the social structure.
  b. Speech emerges in one of two codes.
  c. Elaborated codes include highly predictable messages.
  d. Communication transmission channels used in the restricted code would be oral, nonverbal, and paralinguistic.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 23, 2018
Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

C


Anajune7

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Reply 2 on: Jun 23, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

AngeliqueG

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