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What does the neocortex of the human brain do to allow humans to experience culture? |
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What are the different features that reflect certain mental processes that allow humans to share data and ideas? |
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How do we define the human communication system, and what are its features? |
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What are its two basic components which form the basis of any language? |
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What is the difference between an open and closed communication system? |
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How might our language ability have evolved from a closed to an open system? |
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When did this transition likely take place, and what indirect physical evidence to we have that it did? |
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In what ways can linguistic research with apes tell us about their abilities? How can this data help us to better understand human language? |
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What is meant by the term ‘ethnosemantics?’ How can ethnosemantics help us to better understand cultural differences? |
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Why are the folk categories of color and numeric systems useful to anthropologists? |
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In what ways is a language related to the culture that uses it? |