首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
For the most part, the thousands of languages in the world today fall into one of two categories: tonal or nontonal. Two lingui
For the most part, the thousands of languages in the world today fall into one of two categories: tonal or nontonal. Two lingui
admin
2020-06-21
47
问题
For the most part, the thousands of languages in the world today fall into
one of two categories: tonal or nontonal. Two linguists believe they know
the genetic underpinnings for these differences. During a study of linguistic
and genetic data from 49 distinctive populations, the authors discovered a 【M1】______
struck correlation between two genes involved in brain development and 【M2】______
language tonality. Populations who speak nontonal languages have newer 【M3】______
versions of the genes, with mutations that began to appear roughly 37
thousand years before. ""You can consider this as the first of the many pos- 【M4】______
sible studies that we could do to try to find a genetic basis for language and
language typology and the different populations that speak a language,""
says Patrick Wong, the assistant professor at Northwestern University, who 【M5】______
was not involved in this study. In English, the pitch which a word is spoken 【M6】______
convey emotion but usually does not affect its meaning. But in many 【M7】______
languages tone changes the meaning of words. For instance, the Chinese
word huar said in a high pitch means flower, but in a dipping pitch meaning 【M8】______
picture. The new research ties this difference to those two genes. The exact 【M9】______
functions of both genes are still open to debate, so they are known to affect 【M10】______
brain size during embryonic development. They presumably have something
to do with brain structure, because there are mutations of the genes that lead
to microcephaly, a condition in which a person’s brain is much smaller than
the average size for his or her age.
【M8】
选项
答案
meaning — means
解析
but是并列连词,前后分句是并列关系。前面的分句是一个限定分句means flower,后面的分句就不能是非限定分句,所以meaning应该改成means。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/7ObK777K
0
专业英语八级
相关试题推荐
Americanwomenwilloccasionallywearshortskirts,sleevelessshirts,makeup,perfume,mightevenshowsomecleavage:she’sju
AnancientGreekphilosopheroncewrotethatlaughteriswhatmakesushuman—thatitdefinesusas【T1】______.Muchmorerecentd
Theterm"Americandream"iswidelyusedtoday.Butwhatexactlydoesthisconceptmean?Theterm"Americandream"begantobew
A、Hehatedgrowingup.B、Heread4bookswrittenbyHinton.C、Hehaddifficultiesinreading.D、Hedeterminedtobeawriter.C访
HowtoBeanExpertI.BackgroundinformationaboutthespeakerA.BeinganexpertinanthropologyhimselfB.Startingconsider
HowtoBeanExpertI.BackgroundinformationaboutthespeakerA.BeinganexpertinanthropologyhimselfB.Startingconsider
Itisaknownfactthatphysicalactivityimprovesoverallhealth.Notonlydoesitimprovecirculation,increasebloodflowto
Theaimofajobinterviewistoestablishwhetheryouarelikelytodowellinaparticularjobinaspecificorganization.Th
Withtheincreasingdemandsofnewmedicines,animaltestingisinwidespreaduseallovertheworld.Themoralitybehindthisp
(1)WhymakeafilmaboutNedKelly?MoreingeniouscrimesthanthosecommittedbytherecklessAustralianbanditarereportede
随机试题
性格是人在对现实的稳定的_______和习惯化了的_______中所表现出来的个性心理特征。
A.掌趾B.指趾屈侧C.头面部D.乳晕E.下肢皮脂腺较多的部位是
患者男,28岁,2小时前因给果树喷洒农药时发生有机磷农药中毒被送入院。护士评估病人,明白最早出现的症状是毒蕈碱样症状。此时,除了立即洗胃之外,常用的解毒药物是
目前,国内外测定沥青蜡含量的方法很多,但我国标准规定的是( )。
目前,主要环境价值评估方法大致可划分为()等类型。
根据《人民币结算账户管理办法》的规定,个人银行结算账户具有活期储蓄功能和普通转账结算功能,此外,通过个人银行结算账户还可以使用支票、信用卡等信用支付工具。()
某基金销售机构按照风险承受能力从高到低将普通投资者分为ABCDE五类,以下违反销售适用性的行为是()。Ⅰ.主动向A类投资者推荐风险等级适合B类投资者购买的产品Ⅱ.主动向B类投资者推荐风险等级适合C类投资者购买的产品
带团中不慎遗失导游证的,在申请补办期间,不得从事导游活动。
村民王某家的小孩不幸掉人路边的一口枯井中,同村李某经过井边时救出摔伤的小孩,并送小孩到医院。在这个过程中,李某帮王某的小孩代付医药费100元。下列哪种说法是正确的?()
请阐述中世纪大学对近代西方文明的影响。
最新回复
(
0
)