Ling 2750 multiple choice questions
48. Food plying as described by Chen (1996) refers to ...
A sequence of speech acts involving the offering of food and the eventual acceptance of the offer
42. Which of the following would NOT be considered a speech situation?
A toast
37. Which statement is true about Freedman & Jurafsky's study?
Historicity and localilty are more frequently mentioned on cheaper bags
Which statement is true
In France English product names are maintained on menus
13. Which is NOT a term of gastro-nationalism?
Inuit
19. Which is a true statement about the phrase Frankenstein foods?
It is used mostly by the pro-GM lobby
12. Which language has different words for inclusive and exclusive "we"??
Malay
6. Which is NOT a true statement about the classification of fruit in Chinese?
Melons are considered part of the juicy fruits category shui guo
9. Which statement is true?
Modern durum wheat pasta was developed in Sicily
45. In the movie clip from Big Night, the customer says:" Excuse me, didn't you say that this was going to be rice and seafood?" This is an example of
Negative politeness
20. Which is NOT mentioned by Cook as a possible way that science could be considered "unsound".
Not peer reviewed
5. Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée means
Only food from certain regions of France can be called by that regional name
Kentucky Friend Chicken has translated its name into the French Poulet Frit Kentucky
Only in Quebec
19. What is the most accepted etymology of the Australian term "pom" or "pommy" for the English?
Rhyming slang between immigrant and pomegranate and then contracted to pom
15. Which reporting verb does NOT both report and judge simultaneously ?
She said that GMOs are dangerous to health
3. belanda means
Dutch in Malay
the pronunciation of the words: pierced-ear earrings, library, and February provide examples of...
haplology
32. In Eckert's study of Belten High School, which group used the most non-standard grammar?
"burned-out burnout" girls
40. Johnston & Baumann (2007) argue that food writers like Michael Pollan generate status differences by stressing the importance in food choice of ........
Authenticity and exoticism
18. Which term does not mean the same as the other three words?
BSE
10. Which word has NOT been used to refer to kiwifruit?
Durian
Which statement is NOT true about Freedman & Jurafsky's study?
Cheaper chips contain trans-fats
41. Which is a performative direct speech act?
Compliments to the chef
15. The word "Frogs" which is now used by the British to refer to the French, originally referred to the...
Dutch
17. Which is NOT a true statement about the word "nature"?
Only recently has nature been considered in a spiritual context, deserving respect and admiration and so the movement to capitalize it.
With reference to food words for penis, which word is the odd one out?
Peter pepper
The translation from the English "classic sandwich" into the French, "sandwich classique" and "Snackwich Sandwich" into "Sandwich Snackwich" are all examples in French of...
Post-determination
13. Which of the following statements is an example of the inclusive use of 'we'?
Student to Student: "Which exercises are we supposed to do for homework?"
7. According to Dan Jurafsky's article Dessert, which statement is NOT true?
The Chinese eat raw vegetables like bell peppers and carrots and lettuce between courses
36. Which is an example of historicity?
The chips that built our company
16. Which sentence does NOT contain a metaphor"?
The city of Chicago is located in northern Illinois
Which is the best description of the food metaphor in: There are just limitless channels serving up an undemanding diet of pap
The content of thought is food
46. In the study by Ochs & Taylor about family dinner conversations, which statement is NOT true?
The mother is the family judge
43. Based on the following exchange: BOBBY: I'll have an omelet, no potatoes. Give me tomatoes instead, and wheat toast instead of rolls. WAITRESS No substitutions. Which statement is true?
The waitress fails to use a negative politeness strategy
44. Which is the best definition of facework?
The way that language is addressed to the face-wants of others.
47. Gumperz found that English workers at Heathrow were offended by Indian kitchen staff because ...
They used downward intonation when they offered gravy
20. In her exploration of rice as a central metaphor in Japanese culture, anthropologist Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney mentions several beliefs. Which one is NOT a Japanese belief?
Throwing rice at weddings brings good fortune and fertility to the bride and groom.
Which is an example of syncope?
Worcester Sauce
49. When the host denigrates the food he or she is offering, it can be understood as .......
a linguistic strategy to achieve positive politeness for the speaker from the guest
Brand names like None Isa, Uncle Ben's, Aunt Jemima derive their names from the donor field of...?
family
17. Which of the following statements is true according to Su (2002) about the conceptual metaphor THOUGHT is FOOD in Chinese. 92% of metaphors in Chinese are taken from the source domains of....
flavor and digestion
38. According to Coco Krumme's article on wine descriptors, which kinds of words would you most likely find on a cheap bottle of wine?
fruity, clean
Fagolosi, frappuccino, and ginormous are all examples of how brand names play with...?
graphic structure
14. Which is a hooray word?
growth
12. Which is NOT a dead metaphor?
half-baked ideas
31. Which is NOT considered a feature of a person's dialect?
handwriting
50. Persian speakers use the expression sharmandam when ...
inviting guests to the dinner table
39. Which of the following words appears more often in restaurant menus in rich neighborhoods?
mango
35. In Freedman & Jurafsky's study, which is NOT a feature of distinction?
naturalness
8. In Chinese, the word sung can be translated as
non-starch
33. What kind of cultural capital is food?
objectified
11. Which phrase is an example of negative semantic prosody?
overrun by
16. Which of the following words has a scientific definition?
plant
Chicken McNuggetts and Nutrigrian contain examples of...?
prefixation
Which is NOT part of the branding triangle?
product price
2. According to Rosch, the .....................bird of North America is the robin
prototypical
1. Classifying a bird as [+ ANIMAL] [+LAYS EGGS], [+FEATHERS] is a notational system based on what are called
semantic features
4. Strozzapreti is a member of which pasta family?
spaghetti
Spaghetti, rigatoni, and kleenex all contain examples of...?
suffixation
11. In the conceptual metaphor ARGUMENT is WAR, war is....
the source domain
