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Kthamas

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Noam Chomsky suggests that humans are born with a brain prewired to enable us to acquire languages easily. This prewiring is referred to as __________.
 
  A. syntax
  B. universal grammar
  C. infinite model
  D. functional template

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Attempts to change linguistic habits such as the adoption of more neutral terms such as firefighter, police officer, and first-year student to replace gender-biased ones such as fireman, policeman, and freshman are based on __________.
 
  A. the idea that language influences social perceptions and gender relations
  B. the fact that the deep structure of language, as proposed by Noam Chomsky, is like a fluid sea that can be molded easily to fit social reality
  C. false premises about the surface structure of language and the role of gender in society D. the theory of glottochronology of gender as proposed by Morris Swadesh


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Kedrick2014

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

Answer: B

Answer to Question 2

Answer: A


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Reply 2 on: Aug 11, 2018
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