LING 115 MIDTERM 1 EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
T/F) Language is what we learn from dictionaries and grammar books -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-False|
T/F) Slang consists of words or phrases that are non-standard. Contrary
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to standard language, slang does not have rules. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-False
T/F) Everyone who speaks the same language should have the same
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vocabulary and grammar - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-False
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What is the difference between language and dialect according to the
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quote. |
"A language is a dialect with an army and a navy" - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Points out the arbitarness of language selection. A dialect
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becomes a language to due socio-political factors.
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,Define jargon - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-special words or expressions that
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are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others
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to understand.
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Define lingua franca - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A language mutually
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understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different
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native languages; very broad international use
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Define dialect - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A variety of language that is
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particular to a specific region or social group.
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Define accent - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a distinctive mode of
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pronunciation of a language | | |
Define language - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A standard variety used by
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people in a country | | |
Define ideolect - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The unique way that each
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person speaks his/her language
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Define style - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Ways of speaking depending on
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formality, age, group, and social status
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, Define register - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Speech used for a particular
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acitivity or a particular social setting
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ex: sports event commentators, auctioneers,
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Define slang - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Informal vocabulary and grammar,
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often not found in dictionaries but used in daily life
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Define national language - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A language that has
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been selected for a special role which is highly symbolic and its
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representative of the national identity | | | |
Define mutual intelligibility hypothesis (2 parts) - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-a) If two people can talk and understand each others | | | | | | | | | |
dialects then they are speaking language varieties of the same language
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b) If they do not understand each other, then they are speaking two
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different languages |
Examples that support MIH - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1. French and
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Spanish
2. American English and British English
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3. Korean and Japanese
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WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
T/F) Language is what we learn from dictionaries and grammar books -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-False|
T/F) Slang consists of words or phrases that are non-standard. Contrary
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to standard language, slang does not have rules. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-False
T/F) Everyone who speaks the same language should have the same
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vocabulary and grammar - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-False
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What is the difference between language and dialect according to the
| | | | | | | | | | |
quote. |
"A language is a dialect with an army and a navy" - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Points out the arbitarness of language selection. A dialect
| | | | | | | | |
becomes a language to due socio-political factors.
| | | | | |
,Define jargon - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-special words or expressions that
| | | | | | | |
are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
to understand.
|
Define lingua franca - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A language mutually
| | | | | | | |
understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different
| | | | | | | | | | |
native languages; very broad international use
| | | | |
Define dialect - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A variety of language that is
| | | | | | | | | |
particular to a specific region or social group.
| | | | | | |
Define accent - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a distinctive mode of
| | | | | | | |
pronunciation of a language | | |
Define language - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A standard variety used by
| | | | | | | | |
people in a country | | |
Define ideolect - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The unique way that each
| | | | | | | | |
person speaks his/her language
| | |
Define style - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Ways of speaking depending on
| | | | | | | | |
formality, age, group, and social status
| | | | |
, Define register - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Speech used for a particular
| | | | | | | | |
acitivity or a particular social setting
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ex: sports event commentators, auctioneers,
| | | |
Define slang - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Informal vocabulary and grammar,
| | | | | | |
often not found in dictionaries but used in daily life
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Define national language - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-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
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ANSWER✔✔-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
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different languages |
Examples that support MIH - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1. French and
| | | | | | | | |
Spanish
2. American English and British English
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3. Korean and Japanese
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