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Linguistic anthropologists find that people who are forced to abandon their native language and culture will __________.
 
  A. begin to lose their self-esteem
  B. eventually adopt English as their primary spoken language
  C. advance socially and economically
  D. regain their native language in subsequent generations

Question 2

The goal of ethnosemantics is to understand __________.
 
  A. that reality is inherently unorganized and can be perceived in any way; thus color naming, plant classification, and time categories are completely arbitrary
  B. the meanings of words, phrases, and sentences and how members of different societies use language to organize things, events, and behaviors
  C. that languages and behavior are the same
  D. that classification systems in all societies are random



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