Chapter 9

Question 1

Accent and dialect are terms that generally refer to the same linguistic phenomenon

Answer 1

False

Question 2

An idiolect is the speech variety of an individual

Answer 2

True

Question 3

A creole that has become the first language of a speech community is referred to as a pidgin

Answer 3

False

Question 4

There are about 3,000 known languages in the world today and only a handful are pidgins or creoles

Answer 4

False

Question 5

There are a number of instances when two languages are mutually intelligible but not considered to be dialects

Answer 5

True

Question 6

Tok Pison is spoken is which country?

Answer 6

Papua New Guinea

Question 7

The differentiation between a language and a dialect is based on:

Answer 7

C. Both A and B

A. mutual intelligibility and B. the sociocultural relationships of the people

Question 8

Although pidgins can be based on any language, the most common pidgins have been based on:

Answer 8

English

Question 9

The process of expansion of a pidgin to other language functions is referred to as:

Answer 9

Creolization

Question 10

The theory of the linguist Derek Bickerton that tried to explain the similarities found in all pidgins and creoles is the _ hypothesis

Answer 10

Bioprogram

Question 11

A language that people who speak different languages agree upon to use as a neutral medium of communication is called a:

Answer 11

Lingua Franca

Question 12

The best known artificial language is:

Answer 12

Esperanto