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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)
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