The correct answer is linguistic determinism.
Linguistic determinism is the idea that we as people are determined by the language we speak, meaning that our thoughts, perception, and memory are influenced by that particular language. In this case, when it comes to the speakers of the Brazilian Piraha language, they cannot state the exact number of nuts given that that word does not exist in their language (everything above 2 is considered to be <em>many</em>).
Answer:
After reading the excerpt from "On the Gull's Road." The word acrimony means:
Explanation:
- "On the Gull's Road" is a short story that is written by Willa Cather. The theme of this story is undying love even death is near.
- In the given excerpt the words "I told him curtly that he was mistaken, but my acrimony made no impression upon his blandness. I felt that I should certainly strike the fellow if he stood there much longer, running his blue ring up and down his beard. I should probably have hated any man who was Mrs. Ebbling's husband, but Ebbling made me sick." These words show that narrator is very angry with Mrs. Ebbling's husband.
Answer:
There is a pronounced dualism in West Africa.
Explanation:
Dualism is the <em>conceptual separation of 2 premises, ideas</em>, etc. which tend to be opposite points of view.
In this case we can see the dualism in West Africa;
- An <em>"official" legal system</em> which is inherited from the former colonial masters.
- An <em>"unofficial" system</em> which operates beneath the surface.
Both systems, as we can see, are <em>opposed ideologies</em> showing the <em>dualism and separation</em> in West Africa's legal systems.
Answer:
Human beings need norms to guide and direct their behavior, to provide order and predictability in social relationships and to make sense of and understanding of each other's actions. These are some of the reasons why most people, most of the time, conform to social norms.
Explanation:
because he loved baboons more than anything even his family
