LING115 MIDTERM PRACTICE
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Which of the following is true? - Correct Answers -(TRUE) There is a proper and
improper way of using casual/daily speech (ex: ain't). 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 isn't a proper or improper way of using casual/daily speech (ex: ain't). This
demonstrates that language is the proper version written down in grammar
books/dictionaries.
There isn't a proper or improper way of using casual/daily speech (ex: ain't). 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 casual/daily speech (ex: ain't). This
demonstrates that language is the proper version written down in grammar
books/dictionaries.
What's the problem with saying that two speakers speak the same language if they use
the same grammar and vocabulary? - Correct Answers -(TRUE) Every speaker of a
language has slightly different grammar rules and vocabulary.
Norwegian and Danish are very similar yet they are considered two separate
languages.
The different dialects of Urdu 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.
What's the problem with the Mutual Intelligibility Hypothesis? - Correct Answers -
(TRUE) 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 Urdu 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.
Which of the following has approximately 40 mutually unintelligible dialects? - Correct
Answers -(TRUE) Arabic
Chinese
Scots
English
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. - Correct Answers -(CORRECT) False
True
Languages which have been in close association for a long time (ex: languages that are
spoken near each other geographically) will not have any structural or vocabulary
similarities unless they are dialects of the same language. - Correct Answers -
(CORRECT) False
True
The end points of a dialect continuum are easily defined as separate languages. -
Correct Answers -(TRUE) True
False
Listening to how people speak, there is no way to say where Spanish ends and French
begins on the Spain/France border. - Correct Answers -(TRUE) True
False
How do speakers decide when they are speaking the same language? - Correct
Answers -(TRUE) Social/Political Power
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Which of the following is true? - Correct Answers -(TRUE) There is a proper and
improper way of using casual/daily speech (ex: ain't). 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 isn't a proper or improper way of using casual/daily speech (ex: ain't). This
demonstrates that language is the proper version written down in grammar
books/dictionaries.
There isn't a proper or improper way of using casual/daily speech (ex: ain't). 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 casual/daily speech (ex: ain't). This
demonstrates that language is the proper version written down in grammar
books/dictionaries.
What's the problem with saying that two speakers speak the same language if they use
the same grammar and vocabulary? - Correct Answers -(TRUE) Every speaker of a
language has slightly different grammar rules and vocabulary.
Norwegian and Danish are very similar yet they are considered two separate
languages.
The different dialects of Urdu 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.
What's the problem with the Mutual Intelligibility Hypothesis? - Correct Answers -
(TRUE) 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 Urdu 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.
Which of the following has approximately 40 mutually unintelligible dialects? - Correct
Answers -(TRUE) Arabic
Chinese
Scots
English
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. - Correct Answers -(CORRECT) False
True
Languages which have been in close association for a long time (ex: languages that are
spoken near each other geographically) will not have any structural or vocabulary
similarities unless they are dialects of the same language. - Correct Answers -
(CORRECT) False
True
The end points of a dialect continuum are easily defined as separate languages. -
Correct Answers -(TRUE) True
False
Listening to how people speak, there is no way to say where Spanish ends and French
begins on the Spain/France border. - Correct Answers -(TRUE) True
False
How do speakers decide when they are speaking the same language? - Correct
Answers -(TRUE) Social/Political Power
