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LING 115 Midterm (1)Mutual Intelligibility Hypothesis (MIH) - correct answer ✔✔If speakers of two varieties of language A and
B can understand each other when they speak, then A and B can be considered to be varieties of a single
language C.
If speakers of a variety A and B cannot understand each other when they speak, then A and B cannot be
considered to be varieties of a single language C, and therefore must be independent languages A and B
(or varieties of independent languages)
Examples of languages supporting the MIH - correct answer ✔✔English
Examples of languages NOT supporting MIH - correct answer ✔✔1. Danish, Swedish and Norwegian
(mutually intelligible)
2. Egyptian Arabic and Moroccan Arabic
3. Mandarin, Cantonese and Shanghainese (not mutually intelligible)
Dialect - correct answer ✔✔a variety of a language which has certain differences in grammar from the
standard language to which it is related, as well as differences in pronunciation and vocabulary
"a language is a dialect with an army and a navy"
"every language has dialects but not every dialect is a language"
Example of dialects that are formally considered a language - correct answer ✔✔Hindi/Urdu
Example of a language that is considered formally a dialect - correct answer ✔✔Chinese is one language
but is made up of Mandarin, Cantonese and Taiwanese
German/Swiss German
, What does the term "variety" mean when describing language? - correct answer ✔✔The umbrella term
for dialect, idioterm etc.
True or False: Everyone in a diglossic situation is bilingual - correct answer ✔✔False
True or False: Everyone who code switches is bilingual - correct answer ✔✔True
Diglossia (definition) - correct answer ✔✔A. Two distinct varieties of the same language are used in a
community, with one regarded as high (H) variety and the other a low (L) variety
B. Each variety is used for quite distinct functions: H and L are in "complementary distribution" they
complement each other
C. No one uses the H variety in everyday informal conversation (H is taught in schools and used for
business)
D. The low variety is the form of language everyone learns first when they are young, learned and
acquired at home
Properties of diglossia - correct answer ✔✔E. There are often no dictionaries of the L variety and little
literature
F. Words in the H variety seem to be more complex
Examples of Diglossia - correct answer ✔✔Switzerland
H variety: Standard German
L variety: Swiss German
Arabic Speaking Countries
H variety: Classical Arabic
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