Ling 115 Midterm 1 WITH correct
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D) There is a proper and improper way of using casual/daily speech (ex: ain't). This
demonstrates that language is NOT the proper version written down in grammar
books/dictionaries, but rather what is actually in the speakers' heads. - Correct Answers A)
There isn't a proper or improper way of using casual/daily speech (ex: ain't). This demonstrates
that language is the proper version written down in grammar books/dictionaries.
B) There isn't a proper or improper way of using casual/daily speech (ex: ain't). This
demonstrates that language is NOT the proper version written down in grammar
books/dictionaries, but rather what is actually in the speakers' heads.
C) There is a proper and improper way of using casual/daily speech (ex: ain't). This
demonstrates that language is the proper version written down in grammar books/dictionaries.
D) There is a proper and improper way of using casual/daily speech (ex: ain't). This
demonstrates that language is NOT the proper version written down in grammar
books/dictionaries, but rather what is actually in the speakers' heads.
Every speaker of a language has slightly different grammar rules and vocabulary. - Correct
Answers What's the problem with saying that two speakers speak the same language if they use
the same grammar and vocabulary?
Norwegian and Danish are very similar yet they are considered two separate languages. -
Correct Answers What's the problem with the Mutual Intelligibility Hypothesis?
Arabic - Correct Answers Which language has approximately 40 mutually unintelligible dialects?
, False - Correct Answers T/F: The Papua New Guinea varieties Lusi and Kove are considered by
the people who speak them to be the same language because their grammar and vocabulary
are almost identical.
True - Correct Answers T/F: The end points of a dialect continuum are easily defined as separate
languages.
True - Correct Answers T/F: Listening to how people speak, there is no way to say where Spanish
ends and French begins on the Spain/France border.
Social/Political Power - Correct Answers How do speakers decide when they are speaking the
same language?
Lexico-statistics tells us that the two varieties should be classified as dialects of the same
language, but the speakers of those varieties may not consider themselves to be speaking the
same language. - Correct Answers A researcher chooses 200 words from two varieties at
random. If 89% of the words in that sample are cognates, then:
A dialect continuum - Correct Answers Jamaican Creole-English is an example of
True - Correct Answers Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom r-drops.
A style of English. - Correct Answers What is Standard English?
The specialized way students speak in a classroom when a professor is in the room. - Correct
Answers Which of the following is a register?
The specialized way students speak in a classroom when a professor is in the room.
The formal way people speak to their superiors.
The way English is spoken in Southern California.
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D) There is a proper and improper way of using casual/daily speech (ex: ain't). This
demonstrates that language is NOT the proper version written down in grammar
books/dictionaries, but rather what is actually in the speakers' heads. - Correct Answers A)
There isn't a proper or improper way of using casual/daily speech (ex: ain't). This demonstrates
that language is the proper version written down in grammar books/dictionaries.
B) There isn't a proper or improper way of using casual/daily speech (ex: ain't). This
demonstrates that language is NOT the proper version written down in grammar
books/dictionaries, but rather what is actually in the speakers' heads.
C) There is a proper and improper way of using casual/daily speech (ex: ain't). This
demonstrates that language is the proper version written down in grammar books/dictionaries.
D) There is a proper and improper way of using casual/daily speech (ex: ain't). This
demonstrates that language is NOT the proper version written down in grammar
books/dictionaries, but rather what is actually in the speakers' heads.
Every speaker of a language has slightly different grammar rules and vocabulary. - Correct
Answers What's the problem with saying that two speakers speak the same language if they use
the same grammar and vocabulary?
Norwegian and Danish are very similar yet they are considered two separate languages. -
Correct Answers What's the problem with the Mutual Intelligibility Hypothesis?
Arabic - Correct Answers Which language has approximately 40 mutually unintelligible dialects?
, False - Correct Answers T/F: The Papua New Guinea varieties Lusi and Kove are considered by
the people who speak them to be the same language because their grammar and vocabulary
are almost identical.
True - Correct Answers T/F: The end points of a dialect continuum are easily defined as separate
languages.
True - Correct Answers T/F: Listening to how people speak, there is no way to say where Spanish
ends and French begins on the Spain/France border.
Social/Political Power - Correct Answers How do speakers decide when they are speaking the
same language?
Lexico-statistics tells us that the two varieties should be classified as dialects of the same
language, but the speakers of those varieties may not consider themselves to be speaking the
same language. - Correct Answers A researcher chooses 200 words from two varieties at
random. If 89% of the words in that sample are cognates, then:
A dialect continuum - Correct Answers Jamaican Creole-English is an example of
True - Correct Answers Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom r-drops.
A style of English. - Correct Answers What is Standard English?
The specialized way students speak in a classroom when a professor is in the room. - Correct
Answers Which of the following is a register?
The specialized way students speak in a classroom when a professor is in the room.
The formal way people speak to their superiors.
The way English is spoken in Southern California.
