FINAL EXAM LING 115 - Fresno State, M.
Shepherd Questions With Correct
Answers
Only national governments can do language planning. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-False
Sometimes languages die because they are too hard for children to
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learn. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-False
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Many teachers have lower expectations for students who speak non-
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standard dialects and, as a result, do not try to teach those students as
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much material. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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Listeners can recognize a high-class dialect of French (for example)
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without knowing any French, because high-class dialects have specific
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linguistic features that make them sound high class. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-False
In some countries, the language of formal education is no one's native
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language, so everyone has to learn a new language. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-True
, Sometimes minority languages die because governments aim to
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eliminate them and force everyone to use the same language in the
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interest of national unity. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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Sign languages have a relatively fixed vocabulary, whereas spoken
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languages are constantly creating new words. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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False
American Sign Language (ASL) is most closely related to French Sign
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Language. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True | | |
Listeners tend to perceive speakers of high-status varieties as warmer
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and more friendly than speakers of low-status varieties. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-False
Education systems that focus on dominant-language education tend to
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have proficiency in the dominant language as their main goal and not
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care what happens to other languages that students speak. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-True
Impressions of a speaker based on voice alone (e.g. that they sound
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smart or friendly) tend to be accurate. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-False
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Shepherd Questions With Correct
Answers
Only national governments can do language planning. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-False
Sometimes languages die because they are too hard for children to
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learn. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-False
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Many teachers have lower expectations for students who speak non-
| | | | | | | | |
standard dialects and, as a result, do not try to teach those students as
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
much material. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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Listeners can recognize a high-class dialect of French (for example)
| | | | | | | | | |
without knowing any French, because high-class dialects have specific
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linguistic features that make them sound high class. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-False
In some countries, the language of formal education is no one's native
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language, so everyone has to learn a new language. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-True
, Sometimes minority languages die because governments aim to
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eliminate them and force everyone to use the same language in the
| | | | | | | | | | | |
interest of national unity. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True
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Sign languages have a relatively fixed vocabulary, whereas spoken
| | | | | | | | |
languages are constantly creating new words. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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False
American Sign Language (ASL) is most closely related to French Sign
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Language. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True | | |
Listeners tend to perceive speakers of high-status varieties as warmer
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and more friendly than speakers of low-status varieties. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-False
Education systems that focus on dominant-language education tend to
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have proficiency in the dominant language as their main goal and not
| | | | | | | | | | | |
care what happens to other languages that students speak. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-True
Impressions of a speaker based on voice alone (e.g. that they sound
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smart or friendly) tend to be accurate. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-False
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