|Question 7Verbal

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In Tunica, an Indigenous language from the lower Mississippi Valley in what is now the United States, mili means “red,” whereas milimilita is used to refer to several red things. 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 entire word mili gets repeated in milimilita. There are many examples of this type of reduplication in Tunica.
Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?
It presents some specific words in Tunica, describes the general linguistic phenomenon exemplified by those words, and then states that this phenomenon occurs frequently in Tunica.
A
It identifies the most frequently occurring words in Tunica, explains why it is difficult to translate those words into English, and then provides examples of languages other than English into which those words can be translated.
B
It explains the phenomenon of reduplication, discusses why reduplication has been controversial among scholars, and then argues that an analysis of Tunica could help resolve that controversy.
C
It describes the relationship between Tunica and several other languages, raises a question about the nature of that relationship, and then answers that question.
D