Author Question: Sociolinguists study A. bipedalism. B. speech in its social context. C. the universal grammar ... (Read 124 times)

stevenposner · **on:** Aug 11, 2018

Sociolinguists study

A. bipedalism.
B. speech in its social context.
C. the universal grammar of language.
D. cognitive capacity for language.
E. cross-cultural phonemic distinctions.

Question 2

Berlin and Kay's study of color terminology (1969/1992) revealed that

A. women tend to use more color terms and men tend to use fewer color terms.
B. color terminology was least developed in areas with a history of using dyes and artificial coloring.
C. all languages include sixteen basic color terms.
D. the languages of cultivators in Papua New Guinea and foragers in Australia had more basic color terms than did European and Asian languages.
E. there are only two basic color terms, black and white.