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LING 115: MIDTERM 1T/F) Language is what we learn from dictionaries and grammar books -
correct answer ✔False
T/F) Slang consists of words or phrases that are non-standard. Contrary to
standard language, slang does not have rules. - correct answer ✔False
T/F) Everyone who speaks the same language should have the same
vocabulary and grammar - correct answer ✔False
What is the difference between language and dialect according to the quote.
"A language is a dialect with an army and a navy" - correct answer ✔Points
out the arbitarness of language selection. A dialect becomes a language to
due socio-political factors.
Define jargon - correct answer ✔special words or expressions that are used
by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand.
Define lingua franca - correct answer ✔A language mutually understood and
commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages; very
broad international use
Define dialect - correct answer ✔A variety of language that is particular to a
specific region or social group.
Define accent - correct answer ✔a distinctive mode of pronunciation of a
language
,Define language - correct answer ✔A standard variety used by people in a
country
Define ideolect - correct answer ✔The unique way that each person speaks
his/her language
Define style - correct answer ✔Ways of speaking depending on formality,
age, group, and social status
Define register - correct answer ✔Speech used for a particular acitivity or a
particular social setting
ex: sports event commentators, auctioneers,
Define slang - correct answer ✔Informal vocabulary and grammar, often not
found in dictionaries but used in daily life
Define national language - correct answer ✔A language that has been
selected for a special role which is highly symbolic and its representative of
the national identity
Define mutual intelligibility hypothesis (2 parts) - correct answer ✔a) If two
people can talk and understand each others dialects then they are speaking
language varieties of the same language
b) If they do not understand each other, then they are speaking two different
languages
, Examples that support MIH - correct answer ✔1. French and Spanish
2. American English and British English
3. Korean and Japanese
Examples that do not support MIH - correct answer ✔1. Danish (Denmark),
Swedish (Sweden), Norwegian (Norway)
ALL ARE CONSIDERED SEPERATE LANGUAGES BUT ALL SPEAKERS
CAN UNDERSTAND ONE ANOTHER.
2. Hindi (India) and Urdu (Pakistan)
BOTH SIMILAR LANGUAGES BUT CLASSIFIED AS SEPERATE DUE TO
CHANGES IN VOCABULARY AND USE OF DIFFERENT SCRIPT
3. Mandarin, Cantonese, Shanghainese (China)
ALL CLASSIFIED HAS THE SAME LANGUAGE BUT NOT ALL MUTUALLY
INTELLIGBLE
Conclusion of MIH - correct answer ✔Fails in the real world
T/F) Dialects are not supposed to be idealized forms but are understood to be
varieties which correspong to a particular geographical area and are spoken
by people in that area - correct answer ✔True
What is a dialect continuum? - correct answer ✔A merging of dialects into
each other with no very clear boundaries
Give an example of dialect continuum - correct answer ✔Vienna to
Amsterdam. Viennese dialect of german, you could understand slightly diff
form in next province, if you learned the differences of central/western
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