Although language may be studied as an independent system,it is also important to look at in terms of what it tells us about society and culture.Whatever its phonemes,syntax,and history,language is a dynamic,adaptive system that facilitates the speaker's survival and gives clues about what is significant in his/her life.When we focus on the relationship between language and culture of those who speak it and how they inform each other,we are doing:
A)ethnolinguistics.
B)descriptive linguistics.
C)historical linguistics.
D)glottochronology.
E)frame substitution.

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Ethnolinguistics is the study of the relationship between language and culture of those who speak it. It focuses on how language reflects and shapes cultural practices, beliefs, and values. Therefore, when we study language in terms of what it tells us about society and culture, we are engaging in ethnolinguistics. Descriptive linguistics focuses on describing the structure of a language, historical linguistics studies how languages change over time, glottochronology focuses on determining the age of languages, and frame substitution is a linguistic theory that suggests that language is a system of frames or mental structures.

Although Language May Be Studied as an Independent System,it Is