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Which of the following is NOT characteristic of African American English? A) third person /-s/ is regularized in verbs B) negation usually uses "ain't" instead of "isn't" / "haven't" C) word final -r deleted in some cases (eg "your" => "yo") D) it is possible to omit all be verb forms (eg am, are, is)
D
Who was one of the cofounders of the first school for the deaf in the US? A) JRR Tolken B) Alexander Gram Bell C) Noam Chompsky D) Thomas Gallaudet
D
Who was the first person to publish a formal study of ASL? A) Terry Kaufman B) William Labov C) Noam Chompsky D) William Stokoe
D
A heritage language speaker is generally a first generation immigrant in the host country A) true B) false
B
ASL is essentially just English but put into a gestural language with finger spelling for complex words A) true B) false
B
Creole languages are thought to be overtly prestigious languages A) true B) false
B
The main difference between AAE and slang is that AAE is a vernacular spoken mainly by African American descendants, and slang is a more general term used to describe the vernacular of any sub-group of people. A) False B) True
B
Users of ASL who read and write English are bilingual A) False B) True
B
using one language because a speaker does not remember a word in another language is most often an example of A) voluntary code switching B) crutching C) borrowing D) none of the above
B
ASL is essentially a Creole language born out of 19th Century "home signs", Martha's Vineyard Sign Language, and Old French Sign Language A) true B) false
A
American Sign Language (ASL) did NOT substantially originate from which language below? A) Early American English B) Home Sign Languages C) Old French Sign Language D) Martha's Vineyard Sign Language
A
Because Martha's Vineyard had a rate of 1/155 people who were deaf, nearly all residents before 1950 were bilingual in Martha's Vineyard Sign Language and English A) true B) false
A
One of the main impacts of of first language attritions is A) poor communication between generations B) equal fluency in English and the heritage language C) decreased English dominance D) none of the above
A
Which of the following is NOT a defining characteristic of slang? A) it is profane & vulgar B) it sends social signals (it serves to include or exclude people from a group) C) it is informal D) it is often short-lived
A
Which of the following are examples of invented languages? (Select all that apply) A) Interlingua B) Ido C) Tutonish D) Esperanto E) Klingon
A, B, C, D, E
What are some of the differences between a Pidgin and a Creole language? (Select all that apply) A) Pidgin languages are used in limited spaces but Creole languages are used on all social aspects of communication B) Because speakers of Creole languages use an expanded system, they are more "cognitively developed" humans C) A Pidgin has no native speakers D) A Creole may have native speakers and L2 speakers E) A Creole is a linguistic expansion of the Pidgin both grammatically and lexically (vocabulary).
A, C, D, E
What are some of the distinctive features of sign language "phonology"? (choose all that apply) A) movement B) right vs left hand signing C) handshape (or configuration) D) palm (orientation) E) location of hand
A, C, D, E
AAE is non-rhotic (i.e., it does not have r-sounds at the end of the word or before voiced consonants). An appropriate example of such non-rhoticity, in comparison to American English, will be: A) strong => stong B) right => ight C) card => cad D) carpet => cappet
C
What is the percentage of deaf children who are born to hearing parents? A) 10% B) 30% C) 90% D) 45%
C
What was the name of the language described in the documentary Talking Black in America that is spoken in the costal regions of South Carolina and Georgia? A) Creole B) French Creole C) Gullah D) Patois
C
