MasterStar13333 QUESTION 1 A creole is a language that is born out of a pidgin….QUESTION 1
A creole is a language that is born out of a pidgin.
True
False
QUESTION 2
The Deaf community does not have access to the same symbolic capital as hearing people because of ‘audism’, or the belief that Deaf individuals are disabled.
True
False
QUESTION 3
A Pidgin is a language that has developed through contact out of two related languages.
True
False
QUESTION 4
The following can play a role in our perception of social class (check all that apply):
1.
______the language a person speaks
2.
______ education
3.
______ money
4.
______ where someone lives
5.
______ how sociable we are
QUESTION 5
Check all the statements that are true about creole languages (check all that apply).
1.
______ A creole usually combines vocabulary from one language (the language of the colonizer or trader) with the grammar of another language (the language of the colonized or local population).
2.
______ Creoles are bad varieties of other languages.
3.
______ Tok Pisin is an example of an English-based creole language.
4.
______ A creole can be someone’s first language.
QUESTION 6
Check all statements that are true about pidgins (check all that apply).
______ Pidgins are primarily trade languages that result from the interactions between traders or colonists with the population that is local to the area where they arrive, or which sometimes they colonize.
______ Pidgins are only spoken in China.
______ Pidgins have limited vocabulary and simplistic grammar since it is a language that developed through contact in limited situations.
______ Pidgins can be the basis of the development of full blown languages.
QUESTION 7
Which of these ideas are true about symbolic capital (check all that apply).
1.
______ A person can improve his or her social class through symbolic capital.
2.
______ Symbolic capital can mean different things for men and women.
3.
______ Symbolic capital may involve knowing important people or people with power in society.
4.
______ All social groups have access to typical types of symbolic capital.
QUESTION 8
The following apply to the concept of community of practice (choose all that apply):
1.
______ A community of practice is a group of people who have a shared common goal or activity.
2.
______ Community of practice participants may develop their own linguistic norms.
3.
______ The rules of a community of practice are rigid and do not change according to its members.
4.
______ A community of practice is a group of people who belong to a high social class.
QUESTION 9
Linguistic insecurity deals with a speaker’s perception that she or he speaks prescriptively incorrect language.
True
False
QUESTION 10
Labov’s study looked at the connection between the language used in several department stores and the prestige of these stores in order to analyze the relationship between language and class.
True
False
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