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5 Written Questions

1. variety of language spoken by people of power, prestige, and authority
2. two words from the same source but derived differently - different in form and meaning
3. type of rules that linguists are interested in
4. claim that there is a natural language learning device that atropheeds during puberty
5. language probably spoken in 5000 BC

5 Matching Questions

1. speech community
2. metaphorical codeswitching
3. linguistics
4. pragmatics
5. tag question

1. a complex amalgmation of two speech functions: an assertion and a question
2. b the study of function, how language is used, how context affects meaning
3. c the scientific study of language
4. d a group of people who understand and use language similarly
5. e speaking a certain language when certain things are brought to mind

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. meaning
   1. pragmatics
   2. meaning
   3. semantics
   4. phonetics
2. the idea that L2 learners' errors display regular and logical patterns
   1. philologist perspective
   2. interlanguage perspective
   3. sociocultural perspective
   4. language universals
3. language of Chaucer's writing (beginning of 14th century)
   1. colloquialism
   2. Old English
   3. Middle English
   4. pidgin
4. period in which the Roman empire occuppied and influenced England
   1. 1200 BC
   2. 300-500 AD
   3. 780 AD
   4. 6000
5. communication of bilingual speakers with two or more languages; used as identity, secret handshake, intimacy
   1. descriptive
   2. codeswitching
   3. borrowing
   4. code

5 True/False Question

1. passive → functions of this kind of verb: dilute responsibility, keep a focus, avoid responsibility
   

   True        False

2. writing → auxiliary system of language
   

   True        False

3. language → components of language created by people on the margins of respectability; serves as a handshake; shows intimacy; establishes credibility and commonality
   

   True        False

4. style → language initiated by children, develops into a language, has native speakers
   

   True        False

5. Proto-Indo-European → a language family that is the best compromise for a common language
   

   True        False