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1 .       Arbitrary, abstract symbols are seldom seen in our words. 

 
 


2 .       The less important a topic is to a person or a culture, the more likely it is to be taboo. 

 
 


3 .       Music, movies, television shows and personalities help create neologisms. 

 
 


4 .       Rap musicians helped spread the use and understanding of Black English. 

 
 


5 .       English has many varieties of standard usage. 

 
 


6 .       Language presents a consistent ethical standard. 

 
 


7 .       Writing follows the rules developed for speaking. 

 
 


8 .       Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis explains differences in languages by looking at differences in cultures. 

 
 


9 .       Symbols allow us to discuss things that not real. 

 
 


10 .       English letters represent sounds similar to Russian letters. 

 
 






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