ENG510 Quiz 3 Set 2

Q1. Languages of Galim can be divided into ___ groups.

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

Correct answer: three

Q2. The process whereby a community of speakers of a language shifts to speaking a completely different language, usually over an extended period of time is called

1. language replacement
2. language transfer
3. language shift
4. all the given options

Correct answer: language shift

Q3. Decreolization can be termed as changes which bring a ____closer to its superstrate language.

1. language
2. pidigin
3. creole
4. dialect

Correct answer: creole

Q4. In ________ the necessity of using English has overpowered antipathy towards

English and English speakers.

A. Ireland

B. Iceland C. Britain D. England

Q5. The Korean writing system is called Han&gu¨l. It has _____basic symbols representing the sounds of Korean.

1. twenty-five
2. twenty-six
3. twenty-four
4. twenty-eight

Correct answer: twenty-four

Q6. Black English in the United States is a variety in the late stages of ___.

1. decreolization
2. all of the given options
3. pidginization
4. creolization

Correct answer: decreolization

Q7. The range of varieties spanning between basilect and acrolect is called a ______ continuum.

1. post creole
2. creole
3. pre creole
4. pre & post creole

Correct answer: creole

Q8. Language shift, language transfer, language replacement and _____ are all used as alternative terms.

1. language assimilation
2. cognitive assimilation
3. Language death
4. language desertion

Correct answer: language assimilation

Q9. Fishman (1991) asserts that a typical case of language shift can happen over ___ generations.

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

Correct answer: three

Q10. Cameroon, is a country the size of Sweden, has approximately ___ languages.

1. 380
2. 280
3. 370
4. 480

Correct answer: 380