ENG506 Quiz 2 Set 5

Q1. The process in which one language changes its vocabulary with the vocabulary of another language, this is called _________ .

1. standardization
2. independent parallel development
3. relexification
4. decreolization

Correct answer: relexification

Q2. An Acrolect (high speech) generally has very few differences from the _____.

1. none of the given
2. mesolect
3. basilect
4. standard language

Correct answer: standard language

Q3. A __________ is a fully-developed language.

1. creole
2. dialect
3. jargon
4. pidgin

Correct answer: creole

Q4. Theories about the origin of pidgins and creoles can be divided into ____________ groups.

1. three
2. five
3. four
4. two

Correct answer: three

Q5. What is a homonym?

1. word/words with different meanings
2. word/words with similar meanings
3. word/words which sound alike
4. word/words with different sounds

Correct answer: word/words which sound alike

Q6. A speech community is a form of _____.

1. economics
2. power
3. social identity
4. race

Correct answer: social identity

Q7. Mid ___________ century brought the realization that all English language learning situations were not the same.

1. 21st
2. 20th
3. 18th
4. 19th

Correct answer: 20th

Q8. The baby talk theory was proposed in ____________.

1. 1879
2. 1878
3. 1876
4. 1877

Correct answer: 1876

Q9. The term creole comes from a _____ word ‘criar’ meaning ‘to nurse’, ‘breed’, ‘bring up’.

1. Spanish
2. Portuguese
3. Turkish
4. French

Correct answer: Portuguese

Q10. Creole evolves from a/an _____ into a richer language.

1. native language
2. pidgin
3. European language
4. mother tongue

Correct answer: pidgin