Which of the Following Is NOT a Reason for Anthropological

question 23

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a reason for anthropological interest in language?

• A) Fieldworkers need to communicate with their informants.
• B) Language can be lifted out of its cultural context and analyzed on its own.
• C) To understand another language is to understand another culture fully.
• D) Language is the way people encode their experience and structure their understanding of the world.

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Definitions:

Audience Compliance

The extent to which an audience acts in accordance with the expectations or requests of a speaker or message.

Central Request

The primary or most important appeal or demand made within a communication.

Inconvenience

A cause of trouble or difficulty that interrupts regular processes or causes discomfort, often minor but sometimes significant.

Justification

The process or reasons given to explain or defend an action, decision, or belief.