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Ling 115Which of the following is true?
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-There isn't a proper or improper way of using 'slang,' and this demonstrates that language is the proper
version written down in grammar books/dictionaries.
-There isn't a proper or improper way of using 'slang,' and this demonstrates that language is NOT the
proper version written down in grammar books/dictionaries, but rather what is actually in the speakers'
heads.
-There is a proper and improper way of using 'slang,' and this demonstrates that language is the proper
version written down in grammar books/dictionaries.
-There is a proper and improper way of using 'slang,' and this demonstrates that language is NOT the
proper version written down in grammar books/dictionaries, but rather what is actually in the speakers'
heads. - correct answer ✔✔Selected Answer:
Correct
There is a proper and improper way of using 'slang,' and this demonstrates that language is NOT the
proper version written down in grammar books/dictionaries, but rather what is actually in the speakers'
heads.
What's the problem with saying that two speakers speak the same language if they use the same
grammar and vocabulary?
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-Norwegian and Danish are very similar yet they are considered two separate languages.
-Every speaker of a language has slightly different grammar rules and vocabulary.
-The different dialects of Dutch are so different that the speakers cannot understand each other.
-Papua New Guinea has an extraordinary number of languages that are difficult to classify by family. -
correct answer ✔✔Selected Answer:
Correct
Every speaker of a language has slightly different grammar rules and vocabulary.
,What's the problem with the Mutual Intelligibility Hypothesis?
Selected Answer:
-Norwegian and Danish are very similar yet they are considered two separate languages.
-Every speaker of a language has slightly different grammar rules and vocabulary.
-The different dialects of Dutch are so different that the speakers cannot understand each other.
-Papua New Guinea has an extraordinary number of languages that are difficult to classify by family. -
correct answer ✔✔Correct
Norwegian and Danish are very similar yet they are considered two separate languages.
Which of the following has approximately 40 mutually unintelligible dialects?
Selected Answer:
Arabic
Chinese
Dutch
English - correct answer ✔✔Correct
Arabic
The Papua New Guinea varieties Lusi and Kove are considered by the people who speak them to be the
same language because their grammar and vocabulary are almost identical.
Answers:
True
Correct False - correct answer ✔✔Selected Answer:
False
The end points of a dialect continuum are easily defined as separate languages.
, Answers:
True
False - correct answer ✔✔True
There is no way to say where Spanish ends and French begins on the Spain/France border.
Answers:
True
False - correct answer ✔✔Selected Answer:
True
How do speakers decide when they are speaking the same language?
Selected Answer:
Lexico-statistics
Mutual Intelligibilty
Grammar and Cognates
Social/Political Power - correct answer ✔✔Social/Political Power
A researcher chooses 200 words from two varieties at random. If 89% of the words in that sample are
cognates, then:
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-The speakers of those varieties consider themselves to be speaking dialects of the same language.
-Lexico-statistics tells us that the two varieties should be classified as dialects of the same language, but
the speakers of those varieties may not consider themselves to be speaking the same language.
-Lexico-statistics tells us that the two varieties should be classified as dialects of the same language, and
the speakers of those varieties consider themselves to be speaking the same language.
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