LING 115 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Some varieties of English are judged as inherently bad or ungrammatical because of
the negative image of its speakers in the community. - Correct Answers -True
The English grammar rule "do not end sentences with a preposition" is a descriptive rule
of English. - Correct Answers -False
In bilingual/multilingual societies, some language or languages are given preferential
treatment by recognizing them as "official" language or the preferred language of
education/media/business because of the status of its speakers in that society. - Correct
Answers -True
Which American president made the speech in 1917 equating speaking English with
good citizenship, and a symbol of national unity? - Correct Answers -Theodore
Roosevelt
Which American president wanted to encourage the use of English that reflected the
American experience? - Correct Answers -Thomas Jefferson
Fearing the corruption of the English language in the US because of the lack of a
cultural center, John Adams wanted to establish a national English language academy
to overview the standardization of usage and pronunciation. - Correct Answers -True
Brain expansion in Humans was necessitated, as Dunbar argues in his article, because
of their need to keep up with their 'social networking'. - Correct Answers -True
According to Dunbar, the Expansion of the brain's frontal cortex coincides with humans
living in groups of approximately 1000-20000 people communities. - Correct Answers -
False
Native Americans were considered savages, and the assimilationist policy of European
immigrants focused on 'civilizing' and 'Christianizing' the native population. - Correct
Answers -True
The native American Act of ______ made it a policy to protect, preserve, and promote
Native American Languages. - Correct Answers -1990
The deaf community was NOT treated as an immigrant community and sign language
was treated as a foreign language in the US. - Correct Answers -False
, Americans with Disabilities Act of _____ requires all schools and public spaces to
provide access to people with disabilities including the Deaf community. - Correct
Answers -1990
Which state legislature passed a law in 1919 against the use of foreign languages in
public? - Correct Answers -Nebraska
The term 'Ebonics' was orinally coined by Dr. Robert Williams in 1973 to mean 'black
sounds'. - Correct Answers -True
Ebonics gained publicity in 1996, when the Oakland School Board of Oakland, CA,
named Ebonics as the language of 28,000 African-American students within the district.
- Correct Answers -True
Ebonics, now commonly referred to as African-American Vernacular English (AAVE), is
lazy English; bastardized English; poor grammar; fractured slang. - Correct Answers -
False
Whereever main stream English uses contractual form of the verb 'be', AAVE has zero
coupla sentences. - Correct Answers -True
Which sentence is NOT a syntactic characters of AAVE? - Correct Answers -Lift up the
latch.
Anglicist Hypothesis of AAE origin suggests that it is a plantation creole developed in
Antebellum in South. - Correct Answers -False
Creolist Hypothesis of AAE argues that it is not a creole in itself, but it is decended from
it. - Correct Answers -True
According to Lakoff (1975), women tend to use more tag questions than men. - Correct
Answers -True
According to Lakoff (1975). use of hyper-correct gramma is a characteristic of men's
speech pattern. - Correct Answers -False
Some research done on Gender differences in speech patterns attributes this to
biological differences of males and females. - Correct Answers -False
According to earlier research on language and gender, more talk in the public domain
by men is not necessarily associated with their status and power. - Correct Answers -
False
Women talk more with others to establish social connections, establishing and
reinforcing friendships and intimate relationships. - Correct Answers -True
ANSWERS
Some varieties of English are judged as inherently bad or ungrammatical because of
the negative image of its speakers in the community. - Correct Answers -True
The English grammar rule "do not end sentences with a preposition" is a descriptive rule
of English. - Correct Answers -False
In bilingual/multilingual societies, some language or languages are given preferential
treatment by recognizing them as "official" language or the preferred language of
education/media/business because of the status of its speakers in that society. - Correct
Answers -True
Which American president made the speech in 1917 equating speaking English with
good citizenship, and a symbol of national unity? - Correct Answers -Theodore
Roosevelt
Which American president wanted to encourage the use of English that reflected the
American experience? - Correct Answers -Thomas Jefferson
Fearing the corruption of the English language in the US because of the lack of a
cultural center, John Adams wanted to establish a national English language academy
to overview the standardization of usage and pronunciation. - Correct Answers -True
Brain expansion in Humans was necessitated, as Dunbar argues in his article, because
of their need to keep up with their 'social networking'. - Correct Answers -True
According to Dunbar, the Expansion of the brain's frontal cortex coincides with humans
living in groups of approximately 1000-20000 people communities. - Correct Answers -
False
Native Americans were considered savages, and the assimilationist policy of European
immigrants focused on 'civilizing' and 'Christianizing' the native population. - Correct
Answers -True
The native American Act of ______ made it a policy to protect, preserve, and promote
Native American Languages. - Correct Answers -1990
The deaf community was NOT treated as an immigrant community and sign language
was treated as a foreign language in the US. - Correct Answers -False
, Americans with Disabilities Act of _____ requires all schools and public spaces to
provide access to people with disabilities including the Deaf community. - Correct
Answers -1990
Which state legislature passed a law in 1919 against the use of foreign languages in
public? - Correct Answers -Nebraska
The term 'Ebonics' was orinally coined by Dr. Robert Williams in 1973 to mean 'black
sounds'. - Correct Answers -True
Ebonics gained publicity in 1996, when the Oakland School Board of Oakland, CA,
named Ebonics as the language of 28,000 African-American students within the district.
- Correct Answers -True
Ebonics, now commonly referred to as African-American Vernacular English (AAVE), is
lazy English; bastardized English; poor grammar; fractured slang. - Correct Answers -
False
Whereever main stream English uses contractual form of the verb 'be', AAVE has zero
coupla sentences. - Correct Answers -True
Which sentence is NOT a syntactic characters of AAVE? - Correct Answers -Lift up the
latch.
Anglicist Hypothesis of AAE origin suggests that it is a plantation creole developed in
Antebellum in South. - Correct Answers -False
Creolist Hypothesis of AAE argues that it is not a creole in itself, but it is decended from
it. - Correct Answers -True
According to Lakoff (1975), women tend to use more tag questions than men. - Correct
Answers -True
According to Lakoff (1975). use of hyper-correct gramma is a characteristic of men's
speech pattern. - Correct Answers -False
Some research done on Gender differences in speech patterns attributes this to
biological differences of males and females. - Correct Answers -False
According to earlier research on language and gender, more talk in the public domain
by men is not necessarily associated with their status and power. - Correct Answers -
False
Women talk more with others to establish social connections, establishing and
reinforcing friendships and intimate relationships. - Correct Answers -True
