LING 115 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Which of the following is true?
Answers:
-There isn't a proper or improper way of using 'slang,' and this demonstrates that
language is the proper version written down in grammar books/dictionaries.
-There isn't a proper or improper way of using 'slang,' and this demonstrates that
language is NOT the proper version written down in grammar books/dictionaries, but
rather what is actually in the speakers' heads.
-There is a proper and improper way of using 'slang,' and this demonstrates that
language is the proper version written down in grammar books/dictionaries.
-There is a proper and improper way of using 'slang,' and this demonstrates that
language is NOT the proper version written down in grammar books/dictionaries, but
rather what is actually in the speakers' heads. - Correct Answers -Selected Answer:
Correct
There is a proper and improper way of using 'slang,' and this demonstrates that
language is NOT the proper version written down in grammar books/dictionaries, but
rather what is actually in the speakers' heads.
What's the problem with saying that two speakers speak the same language if they use
the same grammar and vocabulary?
Answers:
-Norwegian and Danish are very similar yet they are considered two separate
languages.
-Every speaker of a language has slightly different grammar rules and vocabulary.
-The different dialects of Dutch are so different that the speakers cannot understand
each other.
-Papua New Guinea has an extraordinary number of languages that are difficult to
classify by family. - Correct Answers -Selected Answer:
Correct
Every speaker of a language has slightly different grammar rules and vocabulary.
What's the problem with the Mutual Intelligibility Hypothesis?
Selected Answer:
-Norwegian and Danish are very similar yet they are considered two separate
languages.
-Every speaker of a language has slightly different grammar rules and vocabulary.
-The different dialects of Dutch are so different that the speakers cannot understand
each other.
-Papua New Guinea has an extraordinary number of languages that are difficult to
classify by family. - Correct Answers -Correct
, Norwegian and Danish are very similar yet they are considered two separate
languages.
Which of the following has approximately 40 mutually unintelligible dialects?
Selected Answer:
Arabic
Chinese
Dutch
English - Correct Answers -Correct
Arabic
The Papua New Guinea varieties Lusi and Kove are considered by the people who
speak them to be the same language because their grammar and vocabulary are
almost identical.
Answers:
True
Correct False - Correct Answers -Selected Answer:
False
The end points of a dialect continuum are easily defined as separate languages.
Answers:
True
False - Correct Answers -True
There is no way to say where Spanish ends and French begins on the Spain/France
border.
Answers:
True
False - Correct Answers -Selected Answer:
True
How do speakers decide when they are speaking the same language?
Selected Answer:
Lexico-statistics
Mutual Intelligibilty
Grammar and Cognates
Social/Political Power - Correct Answers -Social/Political Power
A researcher chooses 200 words from two varieties at random. If 89% of the words in
that sample are cognates, then:
Which of the following is true?
Answers:
-There isn't a proper or improper way of using 'slang,' and this demonstrates that
language is the proper version written down in grammar books/dictionaries.
-There isn't a proper or improper way of using 'slang,' and this demonstrates that
language is NOT the proper version written down in grammar books/dictionaries, but
rather what is actually in the speakers' heads.
-There is a proper and improper way of using 'slang,' and this demonstrates that
language is the proper version written down in grammar books/dictionaries.
-There is a proper and improper way of using 'slang,' and this demonstrates that
language is NOT the proper version written down in grammar books/dictionaries, but
rather what is actually in the speakers' heads. - Correct Answers -Selected Answer:
Correct
There is a proper and improper way of using 'slang,' and this demonstrates that
language is NOT the proper version written down in grammar books/dictionaries, but
rather what is actually in the speakers' heads.
What's the problem with saying that two speakers speak the same language if they use
the same grammar and vocabulary?
Answers:
-Norwegian and Danish are very similar yet they are considered two separate
languages.
-Every speaker of a language has slightly different grammar rules and vocabulary.
-The different dialects of Dutch are so different that the speakers cannot understand
each other.
-Papua New Guinea has an extraordinary number of languages that are difficult to
classify by family. - Correct Answers -Selected Answer:
Correct
Every speaker of a language has slightly different grammar rules and vocabulary.
What's the problem with the Mutual Intelligibility Hypothesis?
Selected Answer:
-Norwegian and Danish are very similar yet they are considered two separate
languages.
-Every speaker of a language has slightly different grammar rules and vocabulary.
-The different dialects of Dutch are so different that the speakers cannot understand
each other.
-Papua New Guinea has an extraordinary number of languages that are difficult to
classify by family. - Correct Answers -Correct
, Norwegian and Danish are very similar yet they are considered two separate
languages.
Which of the following has approximately 40 mutually unintelligible dialects?
Selected Answer:
Arabic
Chinese
Dutch
English - Correct Answers -Correct
Arabic
The Papua New Guinea varieties Lusi and Kove are considered by the people who
speak them to be the same language because their grammar and vocabulary are
almost identical.
Answers:
True
Correct False - Correct Answers -Selected Answer:
False
The end points of a dialect continuum are easily defined as separate languages.
Answers:
True
False - Correct Answers -True
There is no way to say where Spanish ends and French begins on the Spain/France
border.
Answers:
True
False - Correct Answers -Selected Answer:
True
How do speakers decide when they are speaking the same language?
Selected Answer:
Lexico-statistics
Mutual Intelligibilty
Grammar and Cognates
Social/Political Power - Correct Answers -Social/Political Power
A researcher chooses 200 words from two varieties at random. If 89% of the words in
that sample are cognates, then:
