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cagreen833

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Cultural emphasis refers to
 
  a. the major nonverbal forms of communication in a society.
  b. the favorite forms of argument in a society.
  c. the one language most members of society learn better than any other.
  d. the group of words in a language that are considered more adaptively important in that culture.
  e. certain types of words that are found repeatedly in different languages, such as mama.

Question 2

The language(s) most efficient at expressing abstract ideas
 
  a. is Navajo.
  b. is Chinese.
  c. is German.
  d. is English.
  e. does not exist; no single language is most efficient.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: D

Answer to Question 2

ANS: E



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