LIN1502
EXAM PACK
,MULTILINGUALISM: THE ROLE OF LANGUAGES IN SOUTH
AFRICA - LIN1502
MAY/JUNE 2022
EXAM ANSWERS
SECTION A: Multiple-choice questions
Question 1
Answer: [2] Codeswitching when addressing a monolingual person.
This is a divergent strategy because the speaker uses language in a way that
emphasises or creates a difference between the participants.
Question 2
Answer: [2] Language planning.
Language planning refers to deliberate decisions and policies concerning the status,
functions and use of languages within a society or country.
Question 3
Answer: [4] Diglossia.
The Mauritius case illustrates diglossia because French functions as the high variety for
formal, educational and literary purposes, while Mauritian Creole functions as the low
variety for everyday communication. Pasted text
Question 4
Answer: [3] High.
,French is the high variety because it is associated with formal, official, educational and
literary functions. Creole is the low variety used mainly for everyday conversation.
Pasted text
Questions 5–14: Xhosa case study
The case study explains that Xhosa and Zulu belong to the Nguni family and are
mutually intelligible, but historical, political and cultural factors have contributed to their
being regarded as separate languages. It also describes geographical varieties of
Xhosa. Pasted text
Question 5
Answer: [3] their speakers are culturally and politically distinct.
Although Xhosa and Zulu are mutually intelligible, historical and political factors have
contributed to their recognition as separate languages. Pasted text
Question 6
Answer: [3] Dialects are language varieties associated with particular
geographical areas.
A dialect is a variety of a language associated particularly with a geographical or social
group.
Question 7
Answer: [3] Both [1] and [2] are true.
Accents can indicate where a person grew up and can also indicate that someone is
speaking a language that is not their native language.
Question 8
, Answer: [1] Some dialects are better than others.
From a linguistic perspective, dialects are not inherently better or worse than one
another. Some may, however, have greater social prestige.
Question 9
Answer: [1] idiolect.
An idiolect is the individual language variety used by a particular person.
Question 10
Answer: [2] dialects.
The varieties of Xhosa used in Middelburg and Cradock differ in vocabulary and accent
but remain mutually intelligible. They are therefore regional dialects. Pasted text
Question 11
Answer: [1] borrowing.
The Xhosa terms isosara and irum reflect vocabulary that has been borrowed into the
variety.
Question 12
Answer: [2] it could lead to tension between ethnic groups.
Making one ethnic language the country's only official language could create feelings of
exclusion and conflict among speakers of other languages.
Question 13
Answer: [5] a transitional programme.
EXAM PACK
,MULTILINGUALISM: THE ROLE OF LANGUAGES IN SOUTH
AFRICA - LIN1502
MAY/JUNE 2022
EXAM ANSWERS
SECTION A: Multiple-choice questions
Question 1
Answer: [2] Codeswitching when addressing a monolingual person.
This is a divergent strategy because the speaker uses language in a way that
emphasises or creates a difference between the participants.
Question 2
Answer: [2] Language planning.
Language planning refers to deliberate decisions and policies concerning the status,
functions and use of languages within a society or country.
Question 3
Answer: [4] Diglossia.
The Mauritius case illustrates diglossia because French functions as the high variety for
formal, educational and literary purposes, while Mauritian Creole functions as the low
variety for everyday communication. Pasted text
Question 4
Answer: [3] High.
,French is the high variety because it is associated with formal, official, educational and
literary functions. Creole is the low variety used mainly for everyday conversation.
Pasted text
Questions 5–14: Xhosa case study
The case study explains that Xhosa and Zulu belong to the Nguni family and are
mutually intelligible, but historical, political and cultural factors have contributed to their
being regarded as separate languages. It also describes geographical varieties of
Xhosa. Pasted text
Question 5
Answer: [3] their speakers are culturally and politically distinct.
Although Xhosa and Zulu are mutually intelligible, historical and political factors have
contributed to their recognition as separate languages. Pasted text
Question 6
Answer: [3] Dialects are language varieties associated with particular
geographical areas.
A dialect is a variety of a language associated particularly with a geographical or social
group.
Question 7
Answer: [3] Both [1] and [2] are true.
Accents can indicate where a person grew up and can also indicate that someone is
speaking a language that is not their native language.
Question 8
, Answer: [1] Some dialects are better than others.
From a linguistic perspective, dialects are not inherently better or worse than one
another. Some may, however, have greater social prestige.
Question 9
Answer: [1] idiolect.
An idiolect is the individual language variety used by a particular person.
Question 10
Answer: [2] dialects.
The varieties of Xhosa used in Middelburg and Cradock differ in vocabulary and accent
but remain mutually intelligible. They are therefore regional dialects. Pasted text
Question 11
Answer: [1] borrowing.
The Xhosa terms isosara and irum reflect vocabulary that has been borrowed into the
variety.
Question 12
Answer: [2] it could lead to tension between ethnic groups.
Making one ethnic language the country's only official language could create feelings of
exclusion and conflict among speakers of other languages.
Question 13
Answer: [5] a transitional programme.
