Test Flashcards
which statement about the diffusion of the English and Chinese is true?
a. English has diffuse worldwide, while Chinese is spoken mostly in China
b. English is spoken in only the UK and the US, while Chinese is spoken all of our East Asia
c. English and Chinese are both spoken worldwide as lingua franca languages
d. The number of English speakers is declining, while the number of Chinese speakers is steadily increasing
a
nearly half the worlds population speak the language from this language family:
a. Indo-European
b. Japanese
c. germanic
d. Niger-Congo
e. Austronesian
a
all of the following our romance languages except:
a. English
b. Spanish
c. French
d. Portuguese
e. Italian
a
which statement about the English language is correct?
a. it is a member of the Latin language branch
b. it has been largely influenced by the French language
c. it has only two separate dialects: British and American
d. it is official language of the US
e. worldwide, there are three times as many native speakers of English as second language speakers
b
which of these modern languages spread globally because of religion?
a. English
b. Arabic
c. French
d. Spanish
e. Chinese
b
they use a French as an official language of Senegal demonstrates the
a. amount of power the French wielded over its colony
b. desire to adopt all the official languages of the United Nations
c. concept of lingua franca
d. work of French Catholic missionaries
e. all of the above
a
which statement about official languages it true?
a. they are always spoken by the majority of citizens of the country
b. they are the language of the largest cultural group of the country
c. each country can have only one official language
d. they are used by the government for use in its daily business
e. all of the above
a
one culture that uses an ideographic method of writing is
a. India
b. Chinese
c. Arabic
d. English
e. German
b
problems with ideographic systems include
a. many symbols no longer have meaning
b. in order to be literate, a person must memorize thousands of symbols
c. each dialect has its own symbols for writing
d. each symbol must correspond with the pronunciation of the word it represents
e. all of the above
e
which of the following did not significantly impact the English language?
a. William Shakespeare
b. The Celts
c. The Normans
d. The Germanic tribes
e. The Vikings
b
what percentage of the world languages are expected to die within the next century?
a. 90%
b. 75%
c. 50%
d. 25%
e. 10%
a
which two countries have close to 2000 of the 6000 languages spoken in the world?
a. China and India
b. India Nigeria
c. papua New Guinea and India
d. Thailand and Papua New Guinea
e. India and Thailand
c
The near secession of Quebec from Canada and 1995 was based on what cultural factor
a. religion
b. language
c. nationality
d. ethnicity
e. race
b
differences between American and British English include all the following except
a. different pronunciation of words
b. different spelling of words
c. different vocabulary for some objects
d. different language of origin
e. none of the above
d
