As Symbol Systems of Communication,most Languages

question 133

Multiple Choice

As symbol systems of communication,most languages

• A)are arbitrary in the relationship between words and meaning.
• B)do not have concepts that are unique to just one particular language.
• C)can be translated to another without impaired meanings of complex concepts.
• D)generally match sounds to the meaning of words.

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Definitions:

Extended Families

Families in which not only parents and their children but other kin—grandparents, cousins, nieces and nephews, or more distant family relations—share a household.

Allocaregiving

Child care and protection provided by group members other than the parents, usually other relatives.

Exosystem

Part of Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory, referring to the wider societal systems that do not directly involve the individual but still have an indirect impact on them.

Family Structure

The social organization of a family. Most commonly, the structure is nuclear or extended.