Multiple Choice
Anthropologist Laura Bohannan discovered in her attempt to translate a classic text from English literature that:
A) an underlying universal grammar that all humans share facilitated her work.
B) the landscape of the Nigerian village shaped the folklore of the inhabitants.
C) accurate translation of Shakespeare is best accomplished through sign language.
D) the meaning of the story became lost as the original meanings of the English words could not be easily translated.
E) it is straightforward to translate stories across different languages.
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