Compared to speaking, writing is more likely
a. to be carefully studied by researchers.
b. to be performed in isolation.
c. to be an automatic process.
d. to establish common ground.
Question 2
A professor looks out at her class and notices that Jackie is falling asleep. She says loudly, Wouldn't you be more comfortable in your own bed, Jackie? The professor is using a kind of directive known as
a. a metalinguistic message.
b. establishing common ground.
c. the communication of gist.
d. an indirect request.
Species-rich floras of chalk grassland compared to species-poor floras of acid soils.
The primate skull is generalized compared to many other mammals.
In the Tai Forest a female chimp demonstrates a skill once thought to be unique to humans. Here she
Cuneiform Writing
Researchers attach satellite-linked transmitter to a beluga whale
DNA and RNA compared