LING115 MIDTERM 1 TRUE/FALSE WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS 100% 2026
White Southerners in the U.S. are an example of a speech community. - Correct Answers TRUE
Language variation tends to be categorical. - Correct Answers FALSE
Those who spread new linguistic forms from one social network to another are called "brokers."
- Correct Answers TRUE
The isolation / barriers to interaction that affect language variation and change can be physical
or social. - Correct Answers TRUE
Working-class English speakers from New York vs. California are probably more different
linguistically than middle-class English speakers from New York vs. California. - Correct Answers
TRUE
The standardized dialect of a language always has a grammar (a set of rules that it follows), but
other dialects can be chaotic / random. - Correct Answers FALSE
There are fewer regional dialects of English in the U.S. than there used to be due to the
influence of national media. - Correct Answers TRUE
Note: The first part of this question is identical to another question, but the rest is different, so
please read carefully!
If a particular variant is more common in the English of higher-class individuals than in the
English of lower-class individuals, the variant will probably soon become more frequent than it
currently is in the speech of lower-class individuals. - Correct Answers FALSE
CORRECT ANSWERS 100% 2026
White Southerners in the U.S. are an example of a speech community. - Correct Answers TRUE
Language variation tends to be categorical. - Correct Answers FALSE
Those who spread new linguistic forms from one social network to another are called "brokers."
- Correct Answers TRUE
The isolation / barriers to interaction that affect language variation and change can be physical
or social. - Correct Answers TRUE
Working-class English speakers from New York vs. California are probably more different
linguistically than middle-class English speakers from New York vs. California. - Correct Answers
TRUE
The standardized dialect of a language always has a grammar (a set of rules that it follows), but
other dialects can be chaotic / random. - Correct Answers FALSE
There are fewer regional dialects of English in the U.S. than there used to be due to the
influence of national media. - Correct Answers TRUE
Note: The first part of this question is identical to another question, but the rest is different, so
please read carefully!
If a particular variant is more common in the English of higher-class individuals than in the
English of lower-class individuals, the variant will probably soon become more frequent than it
currently is in the speech of lower-class individuals. - Correct Answers FALSE
