A New Tribe Has Recently Been Discovered in the Rainforest

question 395

Multiple Choice

A new tribe has recently been discovered in the rainforest. As a linguist, you want to determine if they have a language. Which of the following is essential for you to conclude that language was present?

• A)Relativity
• B)At least 25 phonemes
• C)No morphological structure
• D)Displacement
• E)Common roots with an existing language

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