T/F A dialect continuum shows exactly when one variety becomes another variety - correct answer
✔✔False
T/F Serbian/Croatian and Mandarin Chinese/Cantonese both are exceptions of the Mutual Intelligibility
Hypothesis. They both violate the condition that if speakers can understand each other, they speak the
same language. - correct answer ✔✔False
Dialect geographers draw lines on maps indicating the areas where certain linguistic features occur, such
as different pronunciations, different words etc. Name the term used to refer to these lines - correct
answer ✔✔Isogloss
T/F Urdu was spoken by a very small minority of the population when it was declared the national
language of Pakistan - correct answer ✔✔False
Varieties which are not related to any other variety/language are called - correct answer ✔✔language
isolates
When many isoglosses coincide, they establish a - correct answer ✔✔dialect border
What are three examples that DO NOT support the MIH - correct answer ✔✔Danish, Swedish, and
Norwegian, Egyptian Arabic and Moroccan Arabic, Mandarin, Cantonese and Shanghainese
What are the steps involved in the standardization of a language - correct answer ✔✔Expand vocab,
standardize vocab and grammar, standardize written form, development of literature
T/F Only standard languages are chosen as national languages - correct answer ✔✔false
T/F the selection of Filipino was successful because it was both the most-widely spoken language and the
language of those in power in the capital city, Manila - correct answer ✔✔false
, T/F Borrowing words from other languages is an example of lexical protectionism - correct answer
✔✔false
T/F the creation of new words from parts of existing words is commonly used to expand the vocab of a
national language trying to maintain a distinct national identity - correct answer ✔✔true
T/F Linguistic assimilation is the belief that everyone should be able to speak and function in the
dominant language of the community/nation, and should also largely abandon the use of any other
language to achieve proficiency in the majority/dominant language - correct answer ✔✔true
In a state x, an indigenous variety A has been selected to be the OL of the state. What are the steps that
are needed to ensure that the variety A is capable of functioning as the OL of state X - correct answer
✔✔Corpus planning, standardization of pronunciation, vocab, grammar, and orthography, eventual
promotion and acceptance
Which term is used to describe the formation and inclusion of new words into a language - correct
answer ✔✔Neologisms
In Paraguay, Guarani is the NL and Spanish is the OL of the country. From what you've learned, why is
Guarani a good choice for a NL and not an OL in Paraguay and why is Spanish a good choice for an OL
rather than a NL - correct answer ✔✔Guarani is the indigenous language of the community-fufills
functions of NL - unification, separatism, prestige, frame-of-reference function)
Spanish is already standardized and can easily fulfill the functions of the OL
Give an example of a country with a regional official language - correct answer ✔✔The US, New Mexico:
Spanish and English, Hawaii: Hawaiian and English
Why was the language planning policy successful in Indonesia - correct answer ✔✔Bhasa Indonesia is a
lingua franca, already used in education system, media, and literature, a part of the austronesian
language family, used for national campaign which gave it prestige and they expanded the vocabulary
making it usable in all fields
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