|Question 7Verbal

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In Nuxalk, an Indigenous language from the Pacific Northwest region of what are now the United States and Canada, wats' means "a dog," whereas wawats'ii means "a small or cute dog." This phenomenon, in which an element of a root word is repeated, sometimes with modification, within another word that is related to the root word, is called reduplication. In this case, the element "wa" in wats' gets repeated in wawats'ii. There are many examples of this type of reduplication in Nuxalk.
Which choice best describes the function of the underlined sentence in the text as a whole?
It explains where the language discussed in the text is from.
A
It provides English translations of the Nuxalk words discussed in the text.
B
It contrasts the language discussed in the text with other languages.
C
It provides a general definition of the phenomenon discussed in the text.
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