LING 115: MIDTERM 1 2025/2026 Exam
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T/F) Language is what we learn from dictionaries and grammar books - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔False
T/F) Slang consists of words or phrases that are non-standard. Contrary to
standard language, slang does not have rules. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔False
T/F) Everyone who speaks the same language should have the same
vocabulary and grammar - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔False
What is the difference between language and dialect according to the
quote.
,"A language is a dialect with an army and a navy" - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Points
out the arbitarness of language selection. A dialect becomes a language to
due socio-political factors.
Define jargon - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔special words or expressions that are used
by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand.
Define lingua franca - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A language mutually understood and
commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages;
very broad international use
Define dialect - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A variety of language that is particular to a
specific region or social group.
Define accent - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a distinctive mode of pronunciation of a
language
Define language - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A standard variety used by people in a
country
Define ideolect - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The unique way that each person speaks
his/her language
, Define style - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Ways of speaking depending on formality,
age, group, and social status
Define register - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Speech used for a particular acitivity or a
particular social setting
ex: sports event commentators, auctioneers,
Define slang - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Informal vocabulary and grammar, often not
found in dictionaries but used in daily life
Define national language - 🧠 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) - 🧠 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
different languages
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T/F) Language is what we learn from dictionaries and grammar books - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔False
T/F) Slang consists of words or phrases that are non-standard. Contrary to
standard language, slang does not have rules. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔False
T/F) Everyone who speaks the same language should have the same
vocabulary and grammar - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔False
What is the difference between language and dialect according to the
quote.
,"A language is a dialect with an army and a navy" - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Points
out the arbitarness of language selection. A dialect becomes a language to
due socio-political factors.
Define jargon - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔special words or expressions that are used
by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand.
Define lingua franca - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A language mutually understood and
commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages;
very broad international use
Define dialect - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A variety of language that is particular to a
specific region or social group.
Define accent - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a distinctive mode of pronunciation of a
language
Define language - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A standard variety used by people in a
country
Define ideolect - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The unique way that each person speaks
his/her language
, Define style - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Ways of speaking depending on formality,
age, group, and social status
Define register - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Speech used for a particular acitivity or a
particular social setting
ex: sports event commentators, auctioneers,
Define slang - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Informal vocabulary and grammar, often not
found in dictionaries but used in daily life
Define national language - 🧠 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) - 🧠 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
different languages
COPYRIGHT©PROFFKERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE.
PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
