Culture, People, Nature: An Introduction to General AnthropologyWritten by a foremost spokesperson on cultural materialism, this book introduces students to the four fields of anthropology making all aspects of archaeology, linguistics, physical anthropology and cultural anthropology accessible and relevant to readers. |
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... phonemes . Phonemes are sounds that native speakers perceive as being distinct - that is , as con- trasting with other sounds . Phonemes are meaning- less in isolation , but when combined into prescribed sequences , they convey a ...
... phonemes . Phonemes are sounds that native speakers perceive as being distinct - that is , as con- trasting with other sounds . Phonemes are meaning- less in isolation , but when combined into prescribed sequences , they convey a ...
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... phoneme , each morpheme designates a class of basic units . In this case the constituents of the class are called morphs . Hence , just as phonemes are a class of al- lophones , so morphemes are a class of allomorphs . For example , the ...
... phoneme , each morpheme designates a class of basic units . In this case the constituents of the class are called morphs . Hence , just as phonemes are a class of al- lophones , so morphemes are a class of allomorphs . For example , the ...
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... phonemes , or classes of contrastive phones . A phoneme consists of a class of allophones that are contrastive with respect to the allophones of other phonemes . Different languages have widely different repertories of phones , phonemes ...
... phonemes , or classes of contrastive phones . A phoneme consists of a class of allophones that are contrastive with respect to the allophones of other phonemes . Different languages have widely different repertories of phones , phonemes ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
PART I | 7 |
Dominant and Recessive Genes | 14 |
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