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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. A. structures B. vocabularies C. written forms D. sound patterns 我来回答: 提交
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