Linguistics Exam 1- Intro to Language
questions & answers
What do descriptive rules do? - correct answer ✔✔ They describe what the speaker is doing
What do prescriptive rules do? - correct answer ✔✔ They tell the speaker what they should do
Identify if the following statement is descriptive or prescriptive:
a. It's me is ungrammatical; it's I is the only correct way to express this idea - correct answer
✔✔ prescriptive
Identify if the following statement is descriptive or prescriptive:
Though ain't is regularly used in many dialects and informal styles of English, and English
speakers generally understand its meaning, people who use this form may suffer some negative
social consequences since ain't is often associated with a lack of education and deemed to be
ungrammatical by many speakers - correct answer ✔✔ descriptive
Identify if the following statement is descriptive or prescriptive:
In casual styles of speaking, English speakers frequently end sentences with with prepositions;
ending sentences with prepositions is often avoided in formal styles, however. - correct answer
✔✔ descriptive
Identify if the following statement is descriptive or prescriptive:
questions & answers
What do descriptive rules do? - correct answer ✔✔ They describe what the speaker is doing
What do prescriptive rules do? - correct answer ✔✔ They tell the speaker what they should do
Identify if the following statement is descriptive or prescriptive:
a. It's me is ungrammatical; it's I is the only correct way to express this idea - correct answer
✔✔ prescriptive
Identify if the following statement is descriptive or prescriptive:
Though ain't is regularly used in many dialects and informal styles of English, and English
speakers generally understand its meaning, people who use this form may suffer some negative
social consequences since ain't is often associated with a lack of education and deemed to be
ungrammatical by many speakers - correct answer ✔✔ descriptive
Identify if the following statement is descriptive or prescriptive:
In casual styles of speaking, English speakers frequently end sentences with with prepositions;
ending sentences with prepositions is often avoided in formal styles, however. - correct answer
✔✔ descriptive
Identify if the following statement is descriptive or prescriptive:
