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jerry coleman

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What does Noam Chomsky mean when he says that language is a dialect without an army?
 
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The major difference between animism and animatism has to do with whether the supernatural force that occupies an entity is:
 
  a. personal or impersonal and without identity.
  b. natural or supernatural.
  c. a god or an ancestral spirit.
  d. a priest or a shaman.
  e. an example of witchcraft or of divination.


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Reply #1 on: Aug 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

This means that the languages and dialects are classified according to the power that adheres to the group of speakers. Otherwise, there are no structural differences; it is a political choice.

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