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arivle123

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on: Jul 10, 2018
When countries react to a real or perceived threat of foreign cultural dominance by purging foreign words from the language, it is an example of:
 
  a. cultural conservatism.
  b. linguistic ethnocentrism.
  c. linguistic parochialism.
  d. linguistic nationalism.
  e. ethnolinguistics.

Question 2

Approximately how many languages are spoken today?
 
  a. 12,000
  b. 10,000
  c. 6,000
  d. 3,000
  e. 1,750


shoemake

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Reply #1 on: Jul 10, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANSWER: d

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER: c


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