LING 115 Final Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
If a language has over 10,000 speakers, it's safe and going to continue
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into the future - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-False
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96% of the world's languages are spoken by 4% of the world's
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population - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True | | |
Code switching is one of the causes of language shift - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-False
The second stand in the 3-generation language shift model is
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bilingualism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True | | |
One of the places with the most language extinction is - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-North America |
In the town of Oberwart, the oldest generation spoke - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Hungarian with survival skills German | | | |
,If a speaker of a minority language gets made fun of at school for not
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speaking the majority language well, that speaker will most likely... -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Work really hard to learn the majority language,
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and stop speaking the minority language because they're ashamed of it
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One of the best ways to ensure that minority language survives in the
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presence of a more dominant language group is - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-To isolate the speakers of the minority language in a rural | | | | | | | | | | |
setting
The treatment of a Kikuyu speaker under English colonial rule in Kenya
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could be described as - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a top-down pressure
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A language with speakers in the 30's but no speakers under the age of
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20 should be described as - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Endangered
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The 1998 earthquake in Papua New Guinea is an example of which
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factor that can causes language loss - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Loss of
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speakers
What does not help language be revitalized - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Teaching the language as a foreign subject in high school
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,What factor was influential in the survival of Mwang - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-The isolation of the speakers | | | |
What did not contribute to the revival of Hebrew speakers? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-The existence of living mother-tongue speakers. Being | | | | | | |
associated with the Jewish religion, having a wealthy community
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looking to revive the language, and the association between being
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Hebrew and Israeli did. | | |
The Eisteddford could be described as a top-down pressure T/F -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-F |
The biggest challenge facing Hawaiian is - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A lack
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of well paying jobs requiring Hawaiian
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How many of the world's languages does David Chrystal believe will be
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gone in the next 100 years - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-3,000
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Karitiana is an endangered language because it has only 185 speakers
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T/F - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-False
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Minority languages in regard to language shift have.... - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Less prestige, fewer speakers, and are less | | | | | |
wealthy/powerful
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, Immigrant communities... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Often speak a
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minority language but can deprive it of prestige because it's just
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something they do at home | | | |
Places where a minority language exists with a dominant language -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Basque in Spain and indigenous languages in
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Americas. If everyone in Spain switches to Spanish, then Basque is done
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3 generation effect - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1st generation learns just
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enough of majority language for survival skills, 2nd generation is
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bilingual and does translating for parents, and 3rd generation is loss of
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minority language and move to majority
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Oberwart language shift - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Changed hands from
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Hungary to Austria at the end of WWI, 1st generation wanted kids to be
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proficient in German for success and needed to learn German to
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communicate with the government. 2nd generation uses German for
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friends and for their kids and for government officials. Third generation
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only speaks survival skills Hungarian to talk to elders (only using
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Hungarian for church and with grandparents)
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Reasons for language shift - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Demographic
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factors, economic factors, size of minority group, social factors, political
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factors, school, and intermarriage
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Correct Answers
If a language has over 10,000 speakers, it's safe and going to continue
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into the future - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-False
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96% of the world's languages are spoken by 4% of the world's
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population - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True | | |
Code switching is one of the causes of language shift - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-False
The second stand in the 3-generation language shift model is
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bilingualism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True | | |
One of the places with the most language extinction is - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-North America |
In the town of Oberwart, the oldest generation spoke - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Hungarian with survival skills German | | | |
,If a speaker of a minority language gets made fun of at school for not
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
speaking the majority language well, that speaker will most likely... -
| | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Work really hard to learn the majority language,
| | | | | | | | |
and stop speaking the minority language because they're ashamed of it
| | | | | | | | | |
One of the best ways to ensure that minority language survives in the
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
presence of a more dominant language group is - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-To isolate the speakers of the minority language in a rural | | | | | | | | | | |
setting
The treatment of a Kikuyu speaker under English colonial rule in Kenya
| | | | | | | | | | | |
could be described as - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a top-down pressure
| | | | | | | |
A language with speakers in the 30's but no speakers under the age of
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
20 should be described as - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Endangered
| | | | | | |
The 1998 earthquake in Papua New Guinea is an example of which
| | | | | | | | | | | |
factor that can causes language loss - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Loss of
| | | | | | | | | |
speakers
What does not help language be revitalized - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | |
Teaching the language as a foreign subject in high school
| | | | | | | | |
,What factor was influential in the survival of Mwang - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-The isolation of the speakers | | | |
What did not contribute to the revival of Hebrew speakers? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-The existence of living mother-tongue speakers. Being | | | | | | |
associated with the Jewish religion, having a wealthy community
| | | | | | | | |
looking to revive the language, and the association between being
| | | | | | | | | |
Hebrew and Israeli did. | | |
The Eisteddford could be described as a top-down pressure T/F -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-F |
The biggest challenge facing Hawaiian is - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A lack
| | | | | | | | | |
of well paying jobs requiring Hawaiian
| | | | |
How many of the world's languages does David Chrystal believe will be
| | | | | | | | | | | |
gone in the next 100 years - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-3,000
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Karitiana is an endangered language because it has only 185 speakers
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T/F - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-False
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Minority languages in regard to language shift have.... - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Less prestige, fewer speakers, and are less | | | | | |
wealthy/powerful
|
, Immigrant communities... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Often speak a
| | | | | | |
minority language but can deprive it of prestige because it's just
| | | | | | | | | | |
something they do at home | | | |
Places where a minority language exists with a dominant language -
| | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Basque in Spain and indigenous languages in
| | | | | | | |
Americas. If everyone in Spain switches to Spanish, then Basque is done
| | | | | | | | | | |
3 generation effect - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1st generation learns just
| | | | | | | | |
enough of majority language for survival skills, 2nd generation is
| | | | | | | | | |
bilingual and does translating for parents, and 3rd generation is loss of
| | | | | | | | | | | |
minority language and move to majority
| | | | |
Oberwart language shift - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Changed hands from
| | | | | | | |
Hungary to Austria at the end of WWI, 1st generation wanted kids to be
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
proficient in German for success and needed to learn German to
| | | | | | | | | | |
communicate with the government. 2nd generation uses German for
| | | | | | | | |
friends and for their kids and for government officials. Third generation
| | | | | | | | | | |
only speaks survival skills Hungarian to talk to elders (only using
| | | | | | | | | | |
Hungarian for church and with grandparents)
| | | | |
Reasons for language shift - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Demographic
| | | | | | |
factors, economic factors, size of minority group, social factors, political
| | | | | | | | | |
factors, school, and intermarriage
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