首页
登录
职称英语
Every group has a culture, however uncivilized it may seem to us. To the pro
Every group has a culture, however uncivilized it may seem to us. To the pro
游客
2023-12-27
32
管理
问题
Every group has a culture, however uncivilized it may seem to us. To the professional anthropologist, there is no intrinsic superiority of one culture over another, just as to the professional linguist, there is no intrinsic hierarchy among languages.
People once thought of the languages of backward groups as undeveloped. While it is possible that language in general began as a series of grunts and groans, it is a fact established by the study of "backward" languages that no spoken tongue answers that description today. Most languages of uncivilized groups are, by our most severe standards, extremely complex. They differ from Western languages not in their sound patterns or grammatical structures, which usually are fully adequate for all language needs, but only in their vocabularies, which reflect the objects and activities known to their speakers. Even in this aspect, two things are to be noted. First, all languages seem to possess the machinery for vocabulary expansion, either by putting together words already in existence or by borrowing them from other languages and adapting them to their own system. Second, the objects and activities requiring names and distinctions in "backward" languages, while different from the West, are often surprisingly numerous and complicated. A Western language distinguishes merely between two degrees of remoteness("this" and "that". But some languages of the American Indians distinguish between what is close to the speaker, or to the person addressed, or removed from both, or out of sight, or in the past, or in the future. [br] All languages, whether civilized or not, have their own______.
选项
A、ways to transfer ideas
B、forms to satisfy needs
C、abilities to answer description
D、systems to expand vocabulary
答案
D
解析
细节题型。根据第二段第六句…all languages seem to possess the machinery forvocabulary expansion…原文可知,扩展词汇是每一种语言的共性。machinery for组织,机构。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3309458.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]ThequalityandbreadthofBritishartsandpopularcultureh
[originaltext]Thedevelopmentofamassculturedominatedbythemediahas
HowtoMaintainYourCultureWhenMovingtoAnotherCountry?VocabularyandExp
WelcometotheChineseConsulate-GeneralinMelbourneforthe"ChineseCulture
WelcometotheChineseConsulate-GeneralinMelbourneforthe"ChineseCulture
WelcometotheChineseConsulate-GeneralinMelbourneforthe"ChineseCulture
WelcometotheChineseConsulate-GeneralinMelbourneforthe"ChineseCulture
WelcometotheChineseConsulate-GeneralinMelbourneforthe"ChineseCulture
WelcometotheChineseConsulate-GeneralinMelbourneforthe"ChineseCulture
WelcometotheChineseConsulate-GeneralinMelbourneforthe"ChineseCulture
随机试题
Whypastgenerationsregardedwomenastheweakersexisamysterytoanyone
Myparentsmovedoutoftheiroldhomesometimelastyearaftertheyhadcelebra
下面你将听到一段有关应对未来经济挑战的讲话。[originaltext]Recentdatasuggestthatheadwindsc
BIM应用管理模式中更适用于工程总承包项目的是()。A.设计主导管理模式 B.
萆薢具有的功效是()A.化痰止咳 B.祛风除痹 C.清热解暑 D.清
2012年12月31日,甲公司存在一项未决诉讼。根据类似案例的经验判断,该项诉讼
提出通过集体、在集体中进行教育主张的教育家是()。A.苏霍姆林斯基 B.马
(2018年真题)对某大厦设置的机械防烟系统的正压送风机进行单机调试,下列调试方
在Excel中,连续选定A到E列单元格,下面()操作是错误的。A、用鼠标左键单击
混凝土坝裂缝处理的目的是( )。A.保证刚度 B.保证抗渗性 C.提高混凝
最新回复
(
0
)