LIN 200 Mid Term All Answers Correct
What are linguists interested in? ️Linguists are interested in both the grammatical and the social
aspects of a language.
Languages are _____ because there is no natural connection between an object and the word that is
used to name that object. ️arb...
LIN 200 Mid Term All Answers Correct
What are linguists interested in? ✔️Linguists are interested in both the grammatical and the social
aspects of a language.
Languages are _____ because there is no natural connection between an object and the word that is
used to name that object. ✔️arbitrary
Which one is an example of regularization? ✔️"I was there, you was there, we was there..."
Which of the following notions help us define a language?
Representation and expression of ideas
Organized system of linguistic units
Identification to a linguistic community ✔️A, B and C
Which one is NOT a property of languages? ✔️All languages are conscious knowledge.
What component of a grammar tells us that English is an SVO language? ✔️Syntax
Which of the following statement is FALSE about languages? ✔️Writing systemsdevelopedas naturally
as spoken or signed languages.
Linguistics is _____, because it seeks to understand the linguistic forms that people use _____.
✔️descriptivist -no matter if they are considered incorrect.
What component of a grammar tells us that we can get the word "teacher"by adding the agentive
marker "-er"to the stem "teach"? ✔️Morphology
What component of a grammar tells us that [ski] is a possible combination of sounds in English but that
*[sgi] is not? ✔️Phonology
,There are more than 10 Native American tribes on Long Island. ✔️T
A language lost forever is called a sleeping language. ✔️F
Boarding schools were established to preserve the Native American language. ✔️F
Language revitalization puts more emphasis on people than reclamation. ✔️F
The Montaukett Indian Nation has federal recognition. ✔️F
Code talkers used Navajo and other Native American languages during WW2. ✔️T
Which of the following is the most commonly spoken Native American language? ✔️Navajo
A sleeping language is one that cannot be recovered. ✔️False
Over 70% of the Native American languages are in "extreme danger" of language extinction. ✔️True
Language revitalization is the same as language reclamation. ✔️False
What aspect of a language classifies is as dead/extinct? ✔️It has no more native speakers
Dialect(s) of English in which positive anymore is used ✔️Midland English
Dialect(s) of English in which multiple negation is allowed ✔️Southern English
Dialect(s) of English in which there is a vowel shift ✔️Northern and Southern English
,Dialect(s) of English in which "cot" sounds like "caught" ✔️Midland English
Dialect(s) of English in which "block" sounds like "black" ✔️Northern English
Dialect(s) of English in which the vowel shift is rural only ✔️Southern English
Dialectal diversity is disappearing. ✔️False
Some dialects are linguistically better than others. ✔️False
Which of these linguistic features is typical of North varieties of American English? ✔️Northern Cities
Vowel Shift
Which of the following is NOT an example of the grammatical feature need + past participle?
✔️ANSWER: The car needs to be washed.
HINT: The right way to say it is: The car needs washed.
HINT: Just look for the sentence that makes sense.
Double modals is a linguistic feature of which dialect of American English? ✔️Southern (American)
English
Dialect(s) of English in which there is a low back merger ✔️Western & New England
Dialect(s) of English in which there is r-dropping ✔️New England & New York
Dialect(s) of English in which "bag" sounds like "beg" ✔️Western
, Dialect(s) of English in which "car" sounds like "cah" ✔️New England
Dialect(s) of English in which "talk" sounds like "tawk" ✔️New York
Dialect(s) of English in which "cab" sounds like "keab" ✔️New York
Why do New Yorkers r-drop? ✔️R-dropping was brought by the British settlers to the East coast and it
stuck.
Which of the following is false? ✔️Prestigious accents are correct accents
The low back merger is also known as the cot-caught merger. ✔️True
The New York dialect is disappearing. ✔️False
The short "a" split is a phonological feature of New York English. ✔️True
The process in which the "r" sound at the end of a syllable is unpronounced is called ✔️R-dropping
Are these sentences grammatical or ungrammatical in AAE?
(1) They done prepare dinner.
(2) I the best student.
(3) Lucy be driving my car.
(4) Mikey don't be making jokes.
(5) Taylor need a pen.
(6) Sue been cooked this morning. ✔️(1) Ungrammatical
(2) Ungrammatical
(3) Grammatical
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