Multicultural populations

Question 1

In AAE, “tool” would be pronounced as _______, because of __________ .

Answer 1

too’; /l/ phoneme is lessened or omitted

Question 2

In AAE, door would be pronounced as _______ , because of ________ .

Answer 2

doah; /r/ phoneme is lessened or omitted

Question 3

In AAE, consonant clusters are _______ , so the word desk would be pronounced as ______ .

Answer 3

reduced; des’

Question 4

In AAE, the word ask becomes “aks” (axe) because of a phonological process called ______

Answer 4

metathesis

Question 5

In AAE, the word “liked” becomes li-tid, because _________ .

Answer 5

verbs ending in /k/ changed

Question 6

In AAE, bed is pronounced “bet”, rug is pronounced “ruk”, and cab is pronounced “cap”, because of

Answer 6

final consonant devoicing

Question 7

In AAE, pen is pronounced “pin” and ten is pronounced “tin” because of ____

Answer 7

i/e substitution

Question 8

In AAE, valentine is pronounced “balentine” and vest is pronounced “best”, because of ________ .

Answer 8

b/v substitution

Question 9

In AAE, find is pronounced “fahnd” and oil is pronounced “ol”, because of ________ .

Answer 9

diphthong reduction

Question 10

In AAE, walking is pronounced “walkin” and thing is pronounced “thin”, because of _______ .

Answer 10

n/ng substitution

Question 11

In AAE, bad is pronounced “ba” and good is pronounced “goo” because

Answer 11

final consonant deletion

Question 12

In AAE morphology and syntax, the following is omitted:

Answer 12

possessive s; plural s; third person singular -s; present tense forms of auxiliary have; past tense endings; to be forms such as is or are

Question 13

In AAE morphology and syntax, instead of they are having fun, they may say ________, because of

Answer 13

They is having fun; present tense used regardless of person and number

Question 14

In AAE morphology and syntax, instead of They are having a picnic, they would say _______, because of ______

Answer 14

They is having a picnic; person-number do not agree with past and present forms of to be verbs

Question 15

In AAE morphology and syntax, instead of “She does not want any”, they would say, ________, because of _______

Answer 15

She does not want none, because of substitution of any for none

Question 16

In AAE morphology and syntax, instead of I have known her for 5 years, they would say, _______, because of ________

Answer 16

I been known her; perfective construction; been used to indicate that an action took place in the distant past

Question 17

In AAE morphology and syntax, instead of “Today she is working”, they would say, “________”, because of ______

Answer 17

Today she be working; the form be used as the main verb

Question 18

In AAE morphology and syntax, instead of He is often cheerful, they would say, “_______”, because of ______.

Answer 18

He be cheerful; indicate actions and events over time

Question 19

In AAE morphology and syntax, instead of “My dog has fleas”, they would say, “_____”, because of _______ .

Answer 19

My dog, he got fleas; pronouns being used to restate the subject

Question 20

In AAE morphology and syntax, instead of “Those cars are antique”, they would say, “_____”, because of _______ .

Answer 20

Them cars are antique, them substituted for those

Question 21

In AAE morphology and syntax, instead of She is going to help us, they would say, “____”, because of _______.

Answer 21

She gonna help us; gonna represents future tense

Question 22

In AAE morphology and syntax, instead of “Where is the house?”, they would say, “______, because of ______ .

Answer 22

“Where is the house at?”; at used at the end of where questions

Question 23

In AAE morphology and syntax, instead of “I might have done it.”, they would say, “______”, because of ________ .

Answer 23

I might could have done it; additional auxiliaries often used

Question 24

In AAE morphology and syntax, instead of “It does make sense.”, they would say, “_______”, because of ______ .

Answer 24

It do make sense; does replaced by do

Question 26

In SIE, “doze” would be pronounced as “dose”, because

Answer 26

final consonants are often devoiced

Question 27

In SIE, “very” would be pronounced as “_____”, because of _______

Answer 27

bery; b/v substitution

Question 28

In SIE, “Shirley” becomes ________ because of _________

Answer 28

Chirley; ch/sh substitution

Question 29

In SIE, “this” becomes _____ or _____, because of ________

Answer 29

dis or zis; d or z for voiced th since there is no voiced th in Spanish

Question 30

In SIE, “think” becomes _______ because of _________

Answer 30

tink; t/voiceless th since there is no voiceless th in Spanish

Question 31

In SIE, skate becomes “______”, because of _________

Answer 31

eskate; schwa sound inserted before word-initial consonant clusters

Question 32

In SIE, “hold” becomes “_____”, because of _________

Answer 32

‘old; /h/ silent in words beginning with /h/

Question 33

In SIE, “Julie” becomes ______, because of ______ .

Answer 33

Yulie; no j sound in Spanish so the y sound may be used instead

Question 34

In SIE, pig becomes _____, because of __________

Answer 34

peeg; long vowel e substituted for short vowel i

Question 35

In SIE, pat becomes _____ , because of _______ .

Answer 35

pet; short vowel e for long vowel a

Question 36

In SIE, the sounds /t/, /d/, and /n/ may be _______

Answer 36

dentalized

Question 37

In SIE, they may omit the following sounds from words:

Answer 37

a,e,i,o,u,l,r,s,n,d

Question 38

In SIE, instead of “The green house is big.”, the sentence would be

Answer 38

“The house green is big”; adjective comes after the noun

Question 39

In SIE, which grammatical morphemes are omitted?

Answer 39

s- plural; possessive s; 3rd person present tense; articles; past tense -ed;

Question 40

In SIE, instead of This cake is bigger, the sentence would be

Answer 40

The cake is more big; superiority is demonstrated by using more instead of superlatives

Question 41

In SIE, instead of I don’t have any more, the sentence would be

Answer 41

I don’t have no more; double negatives are used

Question 42

In SIE, instead of I don’t touch the cat, the sentence would be

Answer 42

I no touch the cat; no is used in place in don’t

Question 43

In SIE, instead of, “He drives his motorcycle very fast”, the sentence would be

Answer 43

“He drives very fast his motorcycle”; adverb comes after the verb

Question 44

In SIE, instead of “I am twelve years old”, the sentence would be

Answer 44

I have twelve years old; have is used instead of a copula

Question 45

In Asian American English, which grammatical morphemes are omitted?

Answer 45

past-tense morphemes; possessives; plurals; articles (or overgeneralization); conjunctions; auxiliary verb do; have; prepositions; copulas;

Question 46

In Asian American English, instead of He didn’t go by himself, the sentence would be

Answer 46

He didn’t went by himself; past-tense double marking

Question 47

In Asian American English, instead of They don’t have any books, the sentence would be

Answer 47

They don’t have no books; double negative

Question 48

In Asian American English, instead of “I messed it up”, the sentence would be

Answer 48

I messed up it; subject-verb-object relationship