George is studying Basque, a language spoken by a group of people who live in the Pyrenees mountain range between France and Spain. He’s studying the history of this language to determine how its complex grammar evolved from other languages. To which school of thought does George most likely belong?
A.
economic history
B.
cultural history
C.
social history
D.
political history

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George is studying Basque, a language spoken by a group of people who live in the Pyrenees mountain range between France and Spain. He’s studying the history of this language to determine how its complex grammar evolved from other languages. To which school of thought does George most likely belong?
A. 
economic history
B. 
cultural history
C. 
social history
D. 
political history

SmokeyBrown · Answer

Hi, and welcome to QuestionCove! My apologies for the late response; it doesn't happen often, but sometimes questions do slip through the cracks unseen. Hopefully we can still get you some help for this. So, the question describes the study of the language of Basque and specifically how the language might have evolved from other languages. This issue of language does not directly involve either politics or economics, so I think we can confidently eliminate options A and D. Between "cultural history" and "social history", language could be considered a product of both "culture" and "society"; however, it seems that "cultural history" is more specifically related to "language" than "social history" is, at least according to one source I found ( https://history.virginia.edu/cultural-social-history ) Based on the above, I think that your strongest choice would be "B. cultural history"