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Kenneth L. Pike

That a society controls, to a greater or lesser extent, the behavior of its members is a universal but the methods, the particulars of that control, vary from one culture to another.

Kenneth L. Pike

Society

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Every society influences how its people act, but the ways it does this are different depending on the culture. This means that while control over behavior is common everywhere, the specific rules and practices used change from place to place.

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