LING 115 LINGUISTICS FINAL COMPLETE
STUDY GUIDE WITH SOLVED QUESTIONS
◉ 96% of the world's languages are spoken by 4% of the world's
population.
Answer: True
◉ Code switching is one of the causes of language shift.
Answer: False
◉ The second stand in the 3-generation language shift model is
bilingualism.
Answer: True
◉ One of the places with the most language extinction is.
Answer: North America
◉ In the town of Oberwart, the oldest generation spoke.
Answer: Hungarian with survival skills German
,◉ If a speaker of a minority language gets made fun of at school for
not speaking the majority language well, that speaker will most
likely....
Answer: Work really hard to learn the majority language, and stop
speaking the minority language because they're ashamed of it
◉ One of the best ways to ensure that minority language survives in
the presence of a more dominant language group is.
Answer: To isolate the speakers of the minority language in a rural
setting
◉ The treatment of a Kikuyu speaker under English colonial rule in
Kenya could be described as.
Answer: a top-down pressure
◉ A language with speakers in the 30's but no speakers under the
age of 20 should be described as.
Answer: Endangered
◉ The 1998 earthquake in Papua New Guinea is an example of
which factor that can causes language loss.
Answer: Loss of speakers
◉ What does not help language be revitalized.
,Answer: Teaching the language as a foreign subject in high school
◉ What factor was influential in the survival of Mwang.
Answer: The isolation of the speakers
◉ What did not contribute to the revival of Hebrew speakers?.
Answer: The existence of living mother-tongue speakers. Being
associated with the Jewish religion, having a wealthy community
looking to revive the language, and the association between being
Hebrew and Israeli did.
◉ The Eisteddford could be described as a top-down pressure T/F.
Answer: F
◉ The biggest challenge facing Hawaiian is.
Answer: A lack of well paying jobs requiring Hawaiian
◉ How many of the world's languages does David Chrystal believe
will be gone in the next 100 years.
Answer: 3,000
◉ Karitiana is an endangered language because it has only 185
speakers T/F.
, Answer: False
◉ Minority languages in regard to language shift have.....
Answer: Less prestige, fewer speakers, and are less
wealthy/powerful
◉ Immigrant communities....
Answer: Often speak a minority language but can deprive it of
prestige because it's just something they do at home
◉ Places where a minority language exists with a dominant
language.
Answer: Basque in Spain and indigenous languages in Americas. If
everyone in Spain switches to Spanish, then Basque is done
◉ 3 generation effect.
Answer: 1st generation learns just enough of majority language for
survival skills, 2nd generation is bilingual and does translating for
parents, and 3rd generation is loss of minority language and move to
majority
◉ Oberwart language shift.
Answer: Changed hands from Hungary to Austria at the end of WWI,
1st generation wanted kids to be proficient in German for success
STUDY GUIDE WITH SOLVED QUESTIONS
◉ 96% of the world's languages are spoken by 4% of the world's
population.
Answer: True
◉ Code switching is one of the causes of language shift.
Answer: False
◉ The second stand in the 3-generation language shift model is
bilingualism.
Answer: True
◉ One of the places with the most language extinction is.
Answer: North America
◉ In the town of Oberwart, the oldest generation spoke.
Answer: Hungarian with survival skills German
,◉ If a speaker of a minority language gets made fun of at school for
not speaking the majority language well, that speaker will most
likely....
Answer: Work really hard to learn the majority language, and stop
speaking the minority language because they're ashamed of it
◉ One of the best ways to ensure that minority language survives in
the presence of a more dominant language group is.
Answer: To isolate the speakers of the minority language in a rural
setting
◉ The treatment of a Kikuyu speaker under English colonial rule in
Kenya could be described as.
Answer: a top-down pressure
◉ A language with speakers in the 30's but no speakers under the
age of 20 should be described as.
Answer: Endangered
◉ The 1998 earthquake in Papua New Guinea is an example of
which factor that can causes language loss.
Answer: Loss of speakers
◉ What does not help language be revitalized.
,Answer: Teaching the language as a foreign subject in high school
◉ What factor was influential in the survival of Mwang.
Answer: The isolation of the speakers
◉ What did not contribute to the revival of Hebrew speakers?.
Answer: The existence of living mother-tongue speakers. Being
associated with the Jewish religion, having a wealthy community
looking to revive the language, and the association between being
Hebrew and Israeli did.
◉ The Eisteddford could be described as a top-down pressure T/F.
Answer: F
◉ The biggest challenge facing Hawaiian is.
Answer: A lack of well paying jobs requiring Hawaiian
◉ How many of the world's languages does David Chrystal believe
will be gone in the next 100 years.
Answer: 3,000
◉ Karitiana is an endangered language because it has only 185
speakers T/F.
, Answer: False
◉ Minority languages in regard to language shift have.....
Answer: Less prestige, fewer speakers, and are less
wealthy/powerful
◉ Immigrant communities....
Answer: Often speak a minority language but can deprive it of
prestige because it's just something they do at home
◉ Places where a minority language exists with a dominant
language.
Answer: Basque in Spain and indigenous languages in Americas. If
everyone in Spain switches to Spanish, then Basque is done
◉ 3 generation effect.
Answer: 1st generation learns just enough of majority language for
survival skills, 2nd generation is bilingual and does translating for
parents, and 3rd generation is loss of minority language and move to
majority
◉ Oberwart language shift.
Answer: Changed hands from Hungary to Austria at the end of WWI,
1st generation wanted kids to be proficient in German for success
