Dialect Assignment Fall 2023

DUE: November 2 9, 2023 ASSIGNMENT # 4 ___________________________ (name) Please answer on Scantron 882-E 1. ___________________ is a form of English that is relatively devoid of regional characteristics. a. Standard American English/General American English b. Informal Standard English c. Received American English d. Vernacular English 2. Which of the following is/are true regarding Informal Standard English? a. Most speakers in the US actually do not speak Informal Standard English b. It is a lso known as " dialectal variation " c. Judged by speakers in terms of how well a person actually speaks the standard form of English d. Judged by speakers in terms of the absence of socially disfavored structures in their use of English. e. All of the above 3. _______________________ usually refers to the written form of English. a. Formal Standard English b. Informal Standard English c. General American English d. Vernacular English 4. The Telsur Project a. Helped to identify and categorize regional dialect based on the use of vocabulary items. b. Was a written survey administered to citizens across the US in order to categorize regional dialect. c. Helped identify major dialect regions in the US based on phonological data d. Helped identify three major dialectal regions in the US, Upper North, Lower North, and the South e. All of the above

5. An individual who produces the word “run” /r ʌ n/ as /r ɔ n/ would be demonstrating the effects of the: a. Southern Shift b. Northern Cities Shift c. Back Upglide Shift d. Great Vowel Shift 6. An individual who produces the word “taught” /t ɔ t/ as /ta ʊ t/ would be demonstrating the effects of the: a. Southern Shift b. Northern Cities Shift c. Back Upglide Shift d. Great Vowel Shift 7. The Low Back Merger generally is observed in the large areas of the: a. North b. South c. East d. West e. Midland 8. According to Labov, et al. (2006), which dialect region “is becoming the default system of North American English: a. North b. South c. East d. West e. Midland 9. Which of the following is/are characteristic of Southern American English a. Derhotacization b. Tensing of vowels c. Laxing of vowels d. Vowel lowering e. All of the above 10. An ethnolect is an example of a regional dialect. a. True b. False

16. A dialect that is shaped by an individual’s age or gender is known as an ethnolect. a. True b. False 17. L2 refers to an individual’s native language a. True b. False 18. Vietnamese is an example of a tone language a. True b. False Let’s suppose that your client is an adult male speaker of AAE. Identify whether the specific production listed would be an acceptable production (per the textbook) in AAE. “Yes” is an acceptable production, “No” is not an acceptable production. 19. “truck” /tr ʌ k/  /tr ʌ / a. Yes b. No 20. “thumb” / θʌ m /  /f ʌ m/ a. Yes b. No 21. “ask” /ask/  /aks/ a. Yes b. No 22. “fishing” /f ɪʃɪŋ /  /f ɪʃɪ n/ a. Yes b. No 23. “rabbit” /ræb ɪ t/  /wæb ɪ t/ a. Yes b. No