LING 115 - Linguistics Midterm #1 with
correct answers 100% 2026
Which of the following is true?
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.
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. - Correct Answers 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.
What's the problem with saying that two speakers speak the same language if they use the
same grammar and vocabulary?
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. - Correct Answers Every speaker of a language has slightly different grammar rules and
vocabulary.
What's the problem with the Mutual Intelligibility Hypothesis?
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. - Correct Answers Norwegian and Danish are very similar yet they are considered two
separate languages.
Which of the following has approximately 40 mutually unintelligible dialects?
Arabic
Chinese
Dutch
English - Correct Answers 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. T/F? -
Correct Answers False
, The end points of a dialect continuum are easily defined as separate languages. T/F? - Correct
Answers True
Listening to how people speak, there is no way to say where Spanish ends and French begins on
the Spain/France border. T/F? - Correct Answers True
How do speakers decide when they are speaking the same language?
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:
The speakers of those varieties consider themselves to be speaking dialects of the same
language.
Lexico-statistics tells us that the two varieties should be classified as dialects of the same
language, but the speakers of those varieties may not consider themselves to be speaking the
same language.
Lexico-statistics tells us that the two varieties should be classified as dialects of the same
language, and the speakers of those varieties consider themselves to be speaking the same
language.
Lexico-statistics tells us that the two varieties should NOT be classified as dialects of the same
language, but the speakers of those varieties might consider themselves to be speaking the
correct answers 100% 2026
Which of the following is true?
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.
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. - Correct Answers 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.
What's the problem with saying that two speakers speak the same language if they use the
same grammar and vocabulary?
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. - Correct Answers Every speaker of a language has slightly different grammar rules and
vocabulary.
What's the problem with the Mutual Intelligibility Hypothesis?
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. - Correct Answers Norwegian and Danish are very similar yet they are considered two
separate languages.
Which of the following has approximately 40 mutually unintelligible dialects?
Arabic
Chinese
Dutch
English - Correct Answers 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. T/F? -
Correct Answers False
, The end points of a dialect continuum are easily defined as separate languages. T/F? - Correct
Answers True
Listening to how people speak, there is no way to say where Spanish ends and French begins on
the Spain/France border. T/F? - Correct Answers True
How do speakers decide when they are speaking the same language?
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:
The speakers of those varieties consider themselves to be speaking dialects of the same
language.
Lexico-statistics tells us that the two varieties should be classified as dialects of the same
language, but the speakers of those varieties may not consider themselves to be speaking the
same language.
Lexico-statistics tells us that the two varieties should be classified as dialects of the same
language, and the speakers of those varieties consider themselves to be speaking the same
language.
Lexico-statistics tells us that the two varieties should NOT be classified as dialects of the same
language, but the speakers of those varieties might consider themselves to be speaking the
