LING 115: MIDTERM 1 WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS 100% 2026
T/F) Language is what we learn from dictionaries and grammar books - Correct Answers False
T/F) Slang consists of words or phrases that are non-standard. Contrary to standard language,
slang does not have rules. - Correct Answers False
T/F) Everyone who speaks the same language should have the same vocabulary and grammar -
Correct Answers False
What is the difference between language and dialect according to the quote.
"A language is a dialect with an army and a navy" - Correct Answers Points out the arbitarness
of language selection. A dialect becomes a language to due socio-political factors.
Define jargon - Correct Answers special words or expressions that are used by a particular
profession or group and are difficult for others to understand.
Define lingua franca - Correct Answers A language mutually understood and commonly used in
trade by people who have different native languages; very broad international use
Define dialect - Correct Answers A variety of language that is particular to a specific region or
social group.
Define accent - Correct Answers a distinctive mode of pronunciation of a language
Define language - Correct Answers A standard variety used by people in a country
,Define ideolect - Correct Answers The unique way that each person speaks his/her language
Define style - Correct Answers Ways of speaking depending on formality, age, group, and social
status
Define register - Correct Answers Speech used for a particular acitivity or a particular social
setting
ex: sports event commentators, auctioneers,
Define slang - Correct Answers Informal vocabulary and grammar, often not found in
dictionaries but used in daily life
Define national language - Correct Answers A language that has been selected for a special role
which is highly symbolic and its representative of the national identity
Define mutual intelligibility hypothesis (2 parts) - Correct Answers a) If two people can talk and
understand each others dialects then they are speaking language varieties of the same language
b) If they do not understand each other, then they are speaking two different languages
Examples that support MIH - Correct Answers 1. French and Spanish
2. American English and British English
3. Korean and Japanese
Examples that do not support MIH - Correct Answers 1. Danish (Denmark), Swedish (Sweden),
Norwegian (Norway)
, ALL ARE CONSIDERED SEPERATE LANGUAGES BUT ALL SPEAKERS CAN UNDERSTAND ONE
ANOTHER.
2. Hindi (India) and Urdu (Pakistan)
BOTH SIMILAR LANGUAGES BUT CLASSIFIED AS SEPERATE DUE TO CHANGES IN VOCABULARY
AND USE OF DIFFERENT SCRIPT
3. Mandarin, Cantonese, Shanghainese (China)
ALL CLASSIFIED HAS THE SAME LANGUAGE BUT NOT ALL MUTUALLY INTELLIGBLE
Conclusion of MIH - Correct Answers Fails in the real world
T/F) Dialects are not supposed to be idealized forms but are understood to be varieties which
correspong to a particular geographical area and are spoken by people in that area - Correct
Answers True
What is a dialect continuum? - Correct Answers A merging of dialects into each other with no
very clear boundaries
Give an example of dialect continuum - Correct Answers Vienna to Amsterdam. Viennese dialect
of german, you could understand slightly diff form in next province, if you learned the
differences of central/western Austrian German you would still be able to understand, this
process continues until you reach Amsterdam.
How does dialect continuum relate to MIH? - Correct Answers At either ends of the dialect
continuum, the forms spoken may be mutually unintelligble, but if one familarizes themselves
with differences throughout the way, one can understand.
ANSWERS 100% 2026
T/F) Language is what we learn from dictionaries and grammar books - Correct Answers False
T/F) Slang consists of words or phrases that are non-standard. Contrary to standard language,
slang does not have rules. - Correct Answers False
T/F) Everyone who speaks the same language should have the same vocabulary and grammar -
Correct Answers False
What is the difference between language and dialect according to the quote.
"A language is a dialect with an army and a navy" - Correct Answers Points out the arbitarness
of language selection. A dialect becomes a language to due socio-political factors.
Define jargon - Correct Answers special words or expressions that are used by a particular
profession or group and are difficult for others to understand.
Define lingua franca - Correct Answers A language mutually understood and commonly used in
trade by people who have different native languages; very broad international use
Define dialect - Correct Answers A variety of language that is particular to a specific region or
social group.
Define accent - Correct Answers a distinctive mode of pronunciation of a language
Define language - Correct Answers A standard variety used by people in a country
,Define ideolect - Correct Answers The unique way that each person speaks his/her language
Define style - Correct Answers Ways of speaking depending on formality, age, group, and social
status
Define register - Correct Answers Speech used for a particular acitivity or a particular social
setting
ex: sports event commentators, auctioneers,
Define slang - Correct Answers Informal vocabulary and grammar, often not found in
dictionaries but used in daily life
Define national language - Correct Answers A language that has been selected for a special role
which is highly symbolic and its representative of the national identity
Define mutual intelligibility hypothesis (2 parts) - Correct Answers a) If two people can talk and
understand each others dialects then they are speaking language varieties of the same language
b) If they do not understand each other, then they are speaking two different languages
Examples that support MIH - Correct Answers 1. French and Spanish
2. American English and British English
3. Korean and Japanese
Examples that do not support MIH - Correct Answers 1. Danish (Denmark), Swedish (Sweden),
Norwegian (Norway)
, ALL ARE CONSIDERED SEPERATE LANGUAGES BUT ALL SPEAKERS CAN UNDERSTAND ONE
ANOTHER.
2. Hindi (India) and Urdu (Pakistan)
BOTH SIMILAR LANGUAGES BUT CLASSIFIED AS SEPERATE DUE TO CHANGES IN VOCABULARY
AND USE OF DIFFERENT SCRIPT
3. Mandarin, Cantonese, Shanghainese (China)
ALL CLASSIFIED HAS THE SAME LANGUAGE BUT NOT ALL MUTUALLY INTELLIGBLE
Conclusion of MIH - Correct Answers Fails in the real world
T/F) Dialects are not supposed to be idealized forms but are understood to be varieties which
correspong to a particular geographical area and are spoken by people in that area - Correct
Answers True
What is a dialect continuum? - Correct Answers A merging of dialects into each other with no
very clear boundaries
Give an example of dialect continuum - Correct Answers Vienna to Amsterdam. Viennese dialect
of german, you could understand slightly diff form in next province, if you learned the
differences of central/western Austrian German you would still be able to understand, this
process continues until you reach Amsterdam.
How does dialect continuum relate to MIH? - Correct Answers At either ends of the dialect
continuum, the forms spoken may be mutually unintelligble, but if one familarizes themselves
with differences throughout the way, one can understand.
