Multiple Choice
Although language may be studied as an independent system,it is also important to look at language in terms of what it tells us about society and culture.Whatever its phonemes,syntax,and history,language is a dynamic,adaptive system which facilitates the speakers' survival and gives clues about what is significant in their lives.When we focus on the relationship between language and culture of those who speak it and how they inform each other,we are doing _______________.
A) ethnolinguistics
B) descriptive linguistics
C) historical linguistics
D) glottochronology
E) frame substitution
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