Humanities Homework Help

complete the following MCQ

Q6

Overt prestige is associated with the speech of speakers Mainstream American English

Choice 1 of 2:True

Choice 2 of 2:False

Q221 Point

A language could avoid being extremely endangered if it’s used for a specific purpose (e.g., medicine) even though it is not passed on by generations.

Choice 1 of 2:True

Choice 2 of 2:False

Q231 Point

One of the reasons for the public outrage about the Ebonics controversy was due to the misconstrued message that:

Choice 1 of 4:Standard English was used in classrooms

Choice 2 of 4:A stigmatized variety to be used in classroom instruction

Choice 3 of 4:African American English was already being taught in the classroom

Choice 4 of 4:None of the above

Q241 Point

African American English (AAE) is a system that:

Choice 1 of 5:Should be classified as “slang” rather than as a “dialect”

Choice 2 of 5:Is exactly like standard English except for three ungrammatical rules

Choice 3 of 5:Differs from other dialects in regular and rule-governed ways

Choice 4 of 5:Linguists agree originated in west Africa

Choice 5 of 5:Is spoken only by African Americans in the South

Q281 Point

A double negative construction is:

Choice 1 of 4:Logical; the two negatives determine a positive outcome.

Choice 2 of 4:It shows that the speaker is uneducated.

Choice 3 of 4:It shows that the speaker is illogical.

Choice 4 of 4:None of the above.

Q291 Point

Which of the following is NOT true of spontaneous code switching in spoken language?

Choice 1 of 4:It is evidence that bilingual speakers do not have command of any language

Choice 2 of 4:It maintains the grammatical rules of each language

Choice 3 of 4:It retains easily identifiable chunks of discourse

Choice 4 of 4:It forms part of the basic competence of bilingual speakers

Q301 Point

In Kenya, Swahili is spoken among a significant part of the population, used in legal and government documents, in classrooms, and creates solidarity among citizens. This signifies that in Kenya, Swahili is a(n):

Choice 1 of 4:National language

Choice 2 of 4:Official language

Choice 3 of 4:Both National and Official language

Choice 4 of 4:None of the above

Q331 Point

Which of the following contributed to a uniquely American brand of English?

Choice 1 of 4:Language contact

Choice 2 of 4:Borrowings from other languages for names of new objects, plants, and animals

Choice 3 of 4:Early Americans wanted to indicate their political separation from Britain through their language

Choice 4 of 4:All of these

Q351 Point

What is Oralism?

Choice 1 of 4:The study of the sounds and sound patterns of languages

Choice 2 of 4:An attitude about whether children should be taught more than one language from birth

Choice 3 of 4:A method of teaching immigrants English most often used during the 19th century

Choice 4 of 4:A methodology of teaching deaf children to only speak and not use sign language

Q371 Point

All Asian Languages:

Choice 1 of 4:Have the same word order (Subject Verb Object)

Choice 2 of 4:Use logographic writing systems

Choice 3 of 4:Are mutually intelligible

Choice 4 of 4:None of the above

Q381 Point

Thomas Gallaudet:

Choice 1 of 4:Started the first bilingual education program in California

Choice 2 of 4:Wrote about the loss of heritage languages in the Asian immigrant population

Choice 3 of 4:Started the first American deaf school

Choice 4 of 4:Is one of the founders of the English Only movement

Q391 Point

Creolization involves the linguistic expansion of a Pidgin.

Choice 1 of 2:True

Choice 2 of 2:False

Q401 Point

Creole languages can be characterized as NOT having native speakers.

Choice 1 of 2:True

Choice 2 of 2:False 

Q41

5 Points

What have you learned from this course that can be applied to your everyday life in a meaningful way? Limit your answer to 250 words – give three examples.