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LING-115 Final ExamStandard language - correct answer ✔A language that can be
written/standardized to some degree by grammar
Lingua franca - correct answer ✔Language which is used for communication
by peoples whose first languages differ
National language - correct answer ✔Symbol of nation's identity; helps unify
the citizens
Official language - correct answer ✔Language that speakers have the legal
right to use in a designated official domain
Paraguay (NL, OL) - correct answer ✔Guarani, Spanish
Tanzania (NL, OL) - correct answer ✔Swahili, Swahili/English
Languages of wider communication (LWC) - correct answer ✔Use of a
language in a wide range of formal domains
Examples of LWC's - correct answer ✔Swahili in Tanzania
Urdu in Pakistan
Is English an official language in USA or Britain? - correct answer ✔No; vast
majority of the population speaks English, but it's unnecessary to state that
English is the national language
,Most important factor taken into account when a government recognizes a
language - correct answer ✔Cost
What was the Philippines' national language, and what was it based on? -
correct answer ✔Pilipino / Tagalog; caused a lot of resentment based on the
advantages of national languages
Steps in the establishment and spread of a new national language - correct
answer ✔1. Selection
2. Codification
3. Lexical expansion/Elaboration of function
4. Implementation
5. Acceptance
Selection - correct answer ✔Appropriate variety must be chosen from a set
of alternatives
Codification - correct answer ✔Selected language has to be standardized by:
1. Grammar rules
2. Dictionary
3. Written form of the language
Lexical expansion/Elaboration of function - correct answer ✔Expansion of
the vocabulary (creation of new words)
Implementation - correct answer ✔Use of the national language in:
Mass education
Radio/television
, Propaganda
Acceptance - correct answer ✔Positive promotion strategies by the
government
Terms related to language planning (3) - correct answer ✔1. Language
planning
2. Corpus planning
3. Status planning
Language planning - correct answer ✔Activities which aim at changing
linguistic behavior
Corpus planning - correct answer ✔Activities attempting to change internal
structure (language expansion)
Status planning - correct answer ✔Efforts to change the use/function of a
language (i.e. national/official language)
Ideals of a successful national language - correct answer ✔Unifying function
- Unites a people
Separatist function - Distinguishes from other countries
Prestige - Higher status than other dialects
Function as a standard - Model of speech
Norway had two competing national languages: ________ & ________ -
correct answer ✔Bokmal & Nynorsk
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