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
44
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.
【M6】
选项
答案
pitch∧which — at或in
解析
如果没有介词,关系代词which在关系分句中无法充当适当的成分。参照下文,就能正确修改:…the Chinese word huar said in a high pitch…
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/sKbK777K
0
专业英语八级
相关试题推荐
Americanwomenwilloccasionallywearshortskirts,sleevelessshirts,makeup,perfume,mightevenshowsomecleavage:she’sju
A、Thetravelagentstronglyrecommendedthemtogothere.B、PranceisasfamousforitscultureasGreeceandItaly.C、Pranceis
Theterm"Americandream"iswidelyusedtoday.Butwhatexactlydoesthisconceptmean?Theterm"Americandream"begantobew
Theterm"Americandream"iswidelyusedtoday.Butwhatexactlydoesthisconceptmean?Theterm"Americandream"begantobew
A、Doingsurveysatworkplace.B、Analyzingsurveyresults.C、Designingquestionnaires.D、Takingapsychologycourse.D在谈到就业部的工作时,
HowtoBeanExpertI.BackgroundinformationaboutthespeakerA.BeinganexpertinanthropologyhimselfB.Startingconsider
HowtoBeanExpertI.BackgroundinformationaboutthespeakerA.BeinganexpertinanthropologyhimselfB.Startingconsider
Thequestionofwhetherlanguagesshapethewaywethinkgobackcenturies;Charlemagneproclaimedthat"tohaveasecond【S1】__
OnFeb.2,2007,theUnitedNationsscientificpanelstudyingclimatechangedeclaredthattheevidenceofawanningtrendis
(1)SocialmobilityintheU.K.couldbereversedunlessthegovernmentanduniversitiesmakechangestoencourageandpayfor
随机试题
设立仲裁委员会,应当经省、自治区、直辖市的()登记。
企业家的核心能力是()
传染性单核细胞增多症是由下列哪一种立克次体引起的
胫骨前肌、胫骨后肌功能障碍提示损伤的水平在
除500kV外,选择屋外配电装置电器时,所用的最大风速,可取离地面高度10m,且()年一遇的10min平均最大风速。
现有三个备选方案甲、乙、丙,初始投资额分别为10万元、15万元、20万元,若zSawNPV乙-甲>0O,△FNPV丙-甲>0,△FNPV丙-乙>0,则表明()。
保险单不丧失价值的利用方式体现为()①退保金;②减额缴清保单;③展期定期保单;④自动垫缴保费
某道路旁有10盏路灯,为节约用电,准备关掉其中的3盏。已知两端的路灯不能关,并且关掉的灯不能相邻,则有()种不同的关灯方法。
Access数据库中哪个数据库对象是其他数据库对象的基础______。
AlloverEurope,andinNorthAmerica,there’relakesandforestswhicharedeador(71)andthe(72)isthoughttobeacid
最新回复
(
0
)