LING 115 LINGUISTICS MIDTERM 1 ACTUAL
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
◉ Conclusion of MIH
Answer: Fails in the real world
◉ T/F) Dialects are not supposed to be idealized forms but are
understood to be varieties which correspong to a particular
geographical area and are spoken by people in that area
Answer: True
◉ What is a dialect continuum?
Answer: A merging of dialects into each other with no very clear
boundaries
◉ Give an example of dialect continuum
Answer: Vienna to Amsterdam. Viennese dialect of german, you
could understand slightly diff form in next province, if you learned
the differences of central/western Austrian German you would still
be able to understand, this process continues until you reach
Amsterdam.
◉ How does dialect continuum relate to MIH?
,Answer: At either ends of the dialect continuum, the forms spoken
may be mutually unintelligble, but if one familarizes themselves with
differences throughout the way, one can understand.
◉ Define dialect geographer
Answer: someone who will attempt to find the exact areas where
certain pronounciation occurs and draw a line that divides dialect
boundaries
◉ Define isogloss
Answer: represents the differences in dialect and establishes a line
where dialect changes
◉ Define social dialect
Answer: differing forms of language which vary not according to
geographical location, but according to their use by different social
classes and different religious and ethnic groups
◉ Give an example of a social dialect
Answer: In India people use people often use dialects of a standard
regional language such as Hindi, Gujarati or Bengali depending on
the social caste they belong to
ALSO
, In NY Italians and Jewish immigrant groups have a strongly accented
versions of standard American English
◉ Give an example of a regional dialect + define
Answer: a dialect spoken in a particular region of a country.
English in Britian
◉ Give an example of ethnical dialect
Answer: African American Vernacular English
◉ 4 factors influencing style choice
Answer: 1. Participants --WHO is speaking, who are they talking to?
(solidarity/closeness)
2. Setting -- WHERE is this convo taking place
3. Topic --WHAT is being talked about?
4. Function --WHY are those involved speaking?
(referential or effective use)
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
◉ Conclusion of MIH
Answer: Fails in the real world
◉ T/F) Dialects are not supposed to be idealized forms but are
understood to be varieties which correspong to a particular
geographical area and are spoken by people in that area
Answer: True
◉ What is a dialect continuum?
Answer: A merging of dialects into each other with no very clear
boundaries
◉ Give an example of dialect continuum
Answer: Vienna to Amsterdam. Viennese dialect of german, you
could understand slightly diff form in next province, if you learned
the differences of central/western Austrian German you would still
be able to understand, this process continues until you reach
Amsterdam.
◉ How does dialect continuum relate to MIH?
,Answer: At either ends of the dialect continuum, the forms spoken
may be mutually unintelligble, but if one familarizes themselves with
differences throughout the way, one can understand.
◉ Define dialect geographer
Answer: someone who will attempt to find the exact areas where
certain pronounciation occurs and draw a line that divides dialect
boundaries
◉ Define isogloss
Answer: represents the differences in dialect and establishes a line
where dialect changes
◉ Define social dialect
Answer: differing forms of language which vary not according to
geographical location, but according to their use by different social
classes and different religious and ethnic groups
◉ Give an example of a social dialect
Answer: In India people use people often use dialects of a standard
regional language such as Hindi, Gujarati or Bengali depending on
the social caste they belong to
ALSO
, In NY Italians and Jewish immigrant groups have a strongly accented
versions of standard American English
◉ Give an example of a regional dialect + define
Answer: a dialect spoken in a particular region of a country.
English in Britian
◉ Give an example of ethnical dialect
Answer: African American Vernacular English
◉ 4 factors influencing style choice
Answer: 1. Participants --WHO is speaking, who are they talking to?
(solidarity/closeness)
2. Setting -- WHERE is this convo taking place
3. Topic --WHAT is being talked about?
4. Function --WHY are those involved speaking?
(referential or effective use)
