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Research on the communication skills of nonhuman primates reveals their inability to refer to objects that are not immediately present in their environment, such as food and danger. The ability to describe things and events that are not present is called
 
  A. cultural transmission.
  B. displacement.
  C. linguistic imagination.
  D. phonology.
  E. productivity.

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What are phonemes?
 
  A. the rules by which deep structure is translated into surface structure
  B. regional differences in dialect
  C. syntactical structures that distinguish passive constructions from active ones
  D. the minimal sound contrasts that distinguish meaning in a language
  E. electromagnetic signals that carry messages between speakers in a telephone conversation


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

Answer: B

Answer to Question 2

Answer: D


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