COMD 2050

Exam 3, Spring 2009 Name ID#

Write your full name (first, middle initial, and last name) on this test and the scantron. Write and bubble
your name, last name first on the scantron and please include your middle initial with your name when you bubble
the scantron. Bubble your answers on the scantron with a #2 pencil. Select the best answer for each question, and
fill in the corresponding oval on your scantron. Each question is worth 2 points, for a total of 100 points. You
must turn in both the scantron and the test. Remember to put your full name on your scantron.

Language and the brain

1. A slip-of-the-tongue resulting in a tangled expression such as "tup of kea" is called a:
a) lexicon b) synonym c) malapropism (^dj-spoonerism

2. A similar sounding, but incorrect word produced by someone experiencing the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon
is called a: /---)
a) lexicon b) synonym /cWialapropism d) spoonerism

3. Most people have a right ear advantage for language because the right hemisphere of the brain is dominant for
language. a) true bVralse

most likely reason that "Genie" never developed complex syntax was due to
aj-minimal exposure to language prior to the "critical period"
V""D.) minimal exposure to print/books prior to the "critical period"
c.) she was born without a left cerebral hemisphere
d.) she was born without a right cerebral hemisphere

5. The lobe is important for personality, planning, and decision making.

a) temporal b) parietal c) frpfital d) occipital

6. is characterized by slow; effortful, telegraphic, non fluent speech and usually only mild problems
understanding speech. / a) Broca's aphasia b) Wernicke's aphasia c) Conduction aphasia
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7. The lobe is responsible for vision. a) temporal b) parietal c) frontal / (^occipital

8. The ---—^. lobe is important for hearing and the processing of both auditory and visual input.
/a) temporal b) parietal c) frontal d) occipital
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9. is characterized by fluent speech that does not make sense.

a) Broca's aphasia b) ,Wernicke's aphasia c) Conduction aphasia

First language acquisition

10. When do children typically babble? ^—^
a) 0-3 months b) 3-5 months /c) 6-4 Imonths d) 12-18 months

11. The beginning of the two-word stage seems to coincide with an increase in the size of the child's vocabulary
beyond words.
a) 10 ( b),50 c) 100 d) 1000

12. When do children typically-enter the 1-word/holophrastic speech stage?

a) 6-9 months /b) 1^-18 months c) 18-24 months d) 24-36 months

13. What are the first recognizable sounds typically produced during the cooing stage?
a)/t, d, a, e/ b)/p, b, i, a/ fyf)fL,g,\,ul d)/s, z, e, o/
 14. Speech that is characterized by simplified words and sentence structures, repetition, frequent questions, and
exaggerated intonation.
a) caretaker speech b) true language c) morphology d) holophrastic

15. Children's utterances during the telegraphic speech stage contain which of the
following parts of speech: a) adjectives and adverbs b) nouns and pronouns
c) nouns and verbs d) conjunctions and prepositions

16. Which of the following inflectional morphemes is almost always acquired last?
a) regular plurals b) third person singular present tense "-s"
c) past tense d) present progressive "-ing"

17. Which of the following inflectional morphemes is usually acquired first?

a) regular plurals b) 3rd person singular present tense "-s" c) past tense d) present progressive "-ing"

18. Children tend to overextend words at first and then gradually narrow down the application of each word.
a) true b) false
Second language acquisition
19. A conscious process of accumulating knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar of a language is called:
a) syntax b) acquisition c) assimilation d) learning

20. Children seem to be more constrained by affective filters in L2 acquisition than adults.
a) true b) false

21. The name of a barrier to L2 learning/acquisition (EX: fear of making a mistake, stress) that results in negative
feelings or experiences.
a) negative input b) affective filter c) interference d) negotiated output

22. One important difference between modern methods of teaching foreign languages and older approaches like
the grammar-translation method is:
a) toleration of errors b) teaching grammatical rules c) learning vocabulary d) practice

23. Which of the following foreign-language teaching methods emphasizes written rather than spoken language:
a) communicative approach b) audiolingual method c) grammar-translation method

24. A native speaker of English who is struggling to learn Russian because English marks grammatical function
using word order while Russian uses inflectional endings is experiencing:
a) assimilation b) negotiated input c) positive transfer d) negative transfer

25. Developing basic pragmatic skills, such as conventions of politeness, in a second language is called:
a) grammatical competence b) sociolinguistic competence c) affective competence

Sign language
26. What type of sign language is ASL? a) alternate b) primary

27. Which system is a way of producing signs that correspond to the words in an English sentence, in English
word order?
a) ASL b) using Signed English c) alternate sign language d) Oralism
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 14. Speech that is characterized by simplified words and sentence structures, repetition, frequent questions, and
exaggerated intonation.
a) caretaker speech b) true language c) morphology d) holophrastic

15. Children's utterances during the telegraphic speech stage contain which of the
following parts of speech: a) adjectives and adverbs b) nouns and pronouns
c) nouns and verbs d) conjunctions and prepositions

16. Which of the following inflectional morphemes is almost always acquired last?
a) regular plurals b) third person singular present tense "-s"
c) past tense d) present progressive "-ing"

17. Which of the following inflectional morphemes is usually acquired first?

a) regular plurals b) 3rd person singular present tense "-s" c) past tense d) present progressive "-ing"

18. Children tend to overextend words at first and then gradually narrow down the application of each word.
a) true b) false
Second language acquisition
19. A conscious process of accumulating knowledge of the vocabulary and grammar of a language is called:
a) syntax b) acquisition c) assimilation d) learning

20. Children seem to be more constrained by affective filters in L2 acquisition than adults.
a) true b) false

21. The name of a barrier to L2 learning/acquisition (EX: fear of making a mistake, stress) that results in negative
feelings or experiences.
a) negative input b) affective filter c) interference d) negotiated output

22. One important difference between modern methods of teaching foreign languages and older approaches like
the grammar-translation method is:
a) toleration of errors b) teaching grammatical rules c) learning vocabulary d) practice

23. Which of the following foreign-language teaching methods emphasizes written rather than spoken language:
a) communicative approach b) audiolingual method c) grammar-translation method

24. A native speaker of English who is struggling to learn Russian because English marks grammatical function
using word order while Russian uses inflectional endings is experiencing:
a) assimilation b) negotiated input c) positive transfer d) negative transfer

25. Developing basic pragmatic skills, such as conventions of politeness, in a second language is called:
a) grammatical competence b) sociolinguistic competence c) affective competence

Sign language
26. What type of sign language is ASL? a) alternate b) primary

27. Which system is a way of producing signs that correspond to the words in an English sentence, in English
word order?
a) ASL b) using Signed English c) alternate sign language d) Oralism
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 28. Which system required deaf students to practice English speech sounds and develop lipreading skills?
a) ASL b) alternate sign language c) using Signed English

29. In addition to facilitating interaction between deaf and hearing individuals, Signed English may help native
ASL speakers:
a) learn how to speak proficiently b) learn how to lip-read
/ 'c) Jearn how to read and write English d) memorize English speech sounds

30. Which of the following is not an articulatory parameter of ASL?

a) shape b) orientation c) location

31. The ASL sign for a.,given object always bears a physical resemblance to the object.
a) true ,/b)/alse

32. There are no equivalent levels pf phonology, morphology, and syntax in ASL.
a) true h/ialse

Language history and change

33. Sir William Jones hypothesized about Proto-Indo-European based on similarities between Greek, Latin,
and _ : a) Russian b) Spanish c) Sanskrit d) Celtic

34. Which of the following languages is most closely related to Italian?

a) English b) Danish c)xSpanish d) Greek

35. Which term refers to the sound pattern change underlying the conversion of "spiritus" (Latin) -» "espiritu"
(Spanish)? a) methathesis b) epenthesis /c^rothesis

36. Which of the following is not a commonly occurring change in the speech sound patterns of a language over
time?
a) voiceless consonants become voiced between vowels b) stops become fricatives
,/ta))consonants become voiced at the ends of words d) deletion of final vowels

37. Which term refers to the sound pattern change underlying the conversion of "waeps -> wasp" and
"acsian -> ask"? / aymethathesis b) epenthesis c) prothesis

38. hi comparative reconstruction, the is based on the fact that certain types of sound-change
are very common and others are extremely unlikely.
a) majority principle / b)/most natural development principle c) language conversion principle

Language variation and culture

39. The aspects of pronunciation and intonation which identify where-an individual speaker is from, regionally or
socially is: a) isogloss b) interlanguage c) dialect /<i)/accent

40. Which language rjas.native speakers?

a) pidgin /bVcreole
 41. A variety of language which developed for some practical purpose among groups of people who spoke
different languages but often interacted is a/an:
a) idiolect b) mesolect {c^pidgin d) Creole

42. On the post-Creole continuum, the variety of language closest to the standard is:
a) basilect b) mesolect c) aerolect

43. People from the 9th Ward in New Orleans or Chalmette usually embrace and take pride in the uniqueness of
their speech. (Remember the woman in the documentary who said "We don't have to talk proper. We have love in
our words.") This is an example of: / \) jargon b) register c) overt prestige d^to
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44. ^ tend to use more prestigious forms than from the same social background.
/ sJ) women, men b) men, women
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45. The specific linguistic system of a particular speaker is called a/an:
a) accent b) dialect { cj) idiolect d) mesolect

46. The variation in language according to use in specific situations (EX: religious, work).
a) mesolect b) idiolect c) style /oM-egister

47. AlJ/iruman languages employ an arbitrary symbol system

/ ay true b) false

48. Linguistic determinism, in strict terms, claims that:

a) thought and language are not related
b). thought determines language
/cVtenguage determines thought
"^QJ none of the above

49. The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis stated that people of all cultures viewed the world in the same way,
only some cultures used lexicalized terms in their descriptions while others used non-lexicalized terms,
a) True /b) False
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50. Two,sof the initial stages in the adoption of an official language include:
aVselection & codification
D) acceptance & selection
c) acceptance & codification
d) selection & implementation

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