Weegy: 12 plus 12 is equal to 24. User: What is language? Weegy: Language is the human ability to acquire and use complex systems of communication, and a language is any specific example of such a system. User: In what sense is language arbitrary? Weegy: Yes, language is arbitrary. User: Identify the connotation of the italicized words. Her language was aloof and distant. positive neutral negative (More)

Weegy: A variation of a language found in a geographically isolated area is a Regional dialect. User: Language is which of the following? Select all that apply. a system of signs representing ideas any means of communication arbitrarily constructed governed by rules Weegy: Language is: a system of signs representing ideas; any means of communication; arbitrarily constructed; and governed by rules. User: A young woman from a small town in the Ozarks (where she spoke the regional dialect of the area) goes to college and becomes a manager of a major bank in Boston. Years later, she returns to her home town for a visit, using exclusively Standard American English. Her old friends reject her and find her snobbish. Using what you know about language deviation, why do you think this occurred? Answer in complete sentences. (More)

Weegy: carpenter:hammer::surgeon:scalpel. Your answer is surgeon. User: light:blinding What is the relationship between these two words? part to whole whole to part essential attribute degree of intensity symbol and what is symbolized NEXT QUESTION Weegy: The relationship between the two words is DEGREE OF INTENSITY. User: light:blinding:: _____ color:spectrum sound:deafening bright:shimmering sight:blind water:drowning Weegy: light:blinding:: sound:deafening User: Is the following more aptly described as a simile or an analogy? "She walks in beauty, like the night" Weegy: "She walks in beauty, like the night" is an example of simile. User: What is the analogous relationship? thing and what it requires thing and what entertains it thing and what feeds it Weegy: "Thing and what it requires" is an analogous relationship. User: stanza:poem::_____:prose word phrase sentence paragraph chapter Weegy: stanza:poem::paragraph:prose User: personification:anthropomorphize:: _____ metaphor:hyperbolize simile:metaphorize metaphor:analogize metaphor:metaphorize simile:analogize (More)