ENG512 Midterm Quiz from Assessments

ENG512

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Maha Malik Bilingualism

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1. Bilingualism means to have the ability to communicate in two languages. (correct)
2. Functions of a language are universal but the linguistic forms vary across languages and cultures. (correct)
3. Bilinguality is the psychological state of an individual who has access to more than one linguistic code as a means of social communication. (correct)
4. Who defined bilingualism as the “native‒like control of two languages”? (Bloomfield)
5. At the formal level of language processing, all the surface forms used in the language are represented. (Correct)
6. Language functions do not play any role in the way particular forms have evolved over time. (Incorrect)
7. Language behavior is the product of culture. (correct)
8. Introducing an individual to the language used in literacy will induce changes in his or her language behavior. (Correct)
9. Language change is variation over time in language features. (correct)
10. Technology has changed the way we read, write, and communicate with each other. (Correct)
11. A pidgin is not the native language of any speech community. (Correct)
12. Which of the following is a stable natural language developed from a mixture of different languages? (Creole)
13. Language Is not static; it changes as we do. (correct)
14. Modeling of language behavior has been developed more at societal level than at individual level. (Incorrect)
15. A language changes because the needs of its speakers change. (correct)
16. All living languages are continually undergoing change. (correct)
17. Creoles are learned as second languages in order to facilitate communication, while pidgins are spoken as first languages. (Incorrect)
18. The structures of social networks do not influence the individual’s language behavior. (Incorrect)
19. Even in monolingual situation, language has a social function. (correct)
20. Languages and varieties of language have a recognized value on the linguistic market. (correct)
21. A state of functional equilibrium can never exist in a bilingual situation. (Incorrect)
22. In the case of diglossia, different uses of a language are determined at the individual level. (Incorrect)
23. There is no interaction between culture and language. (Incorrect)
24. Language attrition is the loss of a first or second language or a portion of that language by either a community or an individual. (correct)
25. Language shift is the process whereby a speech community shifts to a different language, usually over an extended period of time. (Correct)
26. A person being more proficient in one of the two languages is known as dominant bilingual. (correct)
27. A coordinate bilingual is an individual who learns two languages in the same environment. (Incorrect)
28. A ---------- bilingual acquires the two languages in different contexts. (coordinate)
29. It focuses on learning English while preserving the use of mother tongue. It is ________ bilingualism. (additive)
30. Endogenous bilinguality refers to that of a community that uses a mother tongue that may not be formally used in institutions. (correct)
31. Biculturalism is an immersion in two distinct cultures. (correct)
32. Balanced bilinguals are people who have equal proficiency in both languages. (correct)
33. Additive bilingualism is when individuals learn a second language at the expense of the first language. (Incorrect)
34. Exogenous language refers to the language whose original speakers are not local people. (correct)
35. Territorial bilingualism can be found in Belgium, Canada and ----------. (India)
36. Monolinguality is more commonly found in economically dominant groups. (correct)
37. Members of a minority or subordinate group tend to be bilingual or ------------. (monolingual)
38. It is a situation in which two distinct varieties of a language are spoken within the same speech community. It is: (Diglossia)
39. The distinction between the compound and coordinate bilingual is one of semantic representations. (correct)
40. Language contact occurs when speakers of two or more languages or varieties interact and influence each other. (correct)
41. A lingua franca is a language that is adopted as a common language between speakers whose native languages are different. (correct)
42. Language contact is a major factor in language change. (correct)
43. Balanced bilingualism is a rare phenomenon. (Correct)
44. The social dimension of language is related to issues of power in society. (correct)
45. Language is simultaneously a linguistic, cognitive and ----------- phenomenon. (social)
46. Language contact is a homogeneous phenomenon. (Incorrect)
47. Language contact often occurs along borders or as a result of migration. (correct)
48. The differences between dialect and languages are made on the basis of ------------. (size)
49. A dialect holds more prestige than a language. (Incorrect)
50. Language formation is a result of deliberate decision-making. (correct)
51. Language choice is a random matter of momentary inclination. (Incorrect)
52. The selection of the ‘official language’ is not simply a pragmatic issue. (correct)
53. In multilingual countries, selection of the national language can sometimes lead to internal and ethnic conflicts. (correct)