QUIZ
#4
Based
upon
what
we
learned
in
class,
are
the
following
statements
TRUE
or
FALSE?
Indicate
your
choice
with
an
“X”
or
circle.
1.
Not
all
languages
vary
internally.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
According
to
our
definition
of
“Dialect”
we
used
in
this
class,
the
variation
between
and
among
dialects
is
unsystematic
and
unpredictable.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
Idiolect
is
the
language
as
it
is
spoken
by
one
single
person.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
You
can
only
belong
to
one
speech
community
at
a
time
in
your
life.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
We
downshift
on
our
Style-Shifting
Continuum
in
order
to
speak
more
informally
and
in
a
relaxed
manner.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
There
are
no
single-style
speakers—we
all
style-shift.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
1
drink
“soda”,
but
my
country
cousin
drinks
“pop”.
This
is
an
example
of
dialectal
variation.
in
the
lexicon
a)
True
b)
False
8.
To
achieve
their
goal
of
deciding
whether
they
are
dealing
with
two
languages
or
two
dialects
of
the
same
language,
linguists
must
often
ignore
the
feelings
of
the
speakers
themselves.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
Cantonese
and
Mandarin
are
two
mutually
intelligible
forms
of
a
single
language,
“Chinese”.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
Urdu
and
Hindi
are
highly
mutually
intelligible
but
viewed
as
separate
languages
because
of
political
and
religious
differences.
a)
True
b)
False
