Author Question: Anthropologists Heather Horst and Daniel Miller studied high levels of cell phone use among ... (Read 76 times)

Jramos095 · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

Anthropologists Heather Horst and Daniel Miller studied high levels of cell phone use among Jamaicans in two different communities. Which of the following statements best illustrates why Jamaicans use cell phones so regularly?

a. They are used to engage in long casual conversations about daily life.
b. They are used primarily to create social networks and request needed resources.
c. They are used as emergency technology in case the individual is in any kind of danger.
d. They are used primarily among young people who are dating via cell phone.
e. They are used to order groceries and supplies on a daily basis.

Question 2

According to Ferdinand de Saussure, language can best be separated into language (langue) and speech (parole). The difference between these two things is best described as:

a. Language is written and speech is spoken.
b. Language is an arbitrary and abstract system of signs that exists independently of any speaker, speech is the actual performance of language by an individual speaker.
c. Language is the actual performance of speech by an individual speaker, while speech is an arbitrary and abstract system of signs that exists independently of any speaker.
d. Language is formal and proper; speech is often slang.
e. Language does not exist if speech does not occur.