AAVE - quiz

Dialectal variation is of little importance to professionals in the area of human communication disorders.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

A dialect is a variety of language distinquished from other varieties in its phonology, grammar, or vocabulary, or in its use by speakers who differ socially or geographically from other speakers.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Final consonant cluster reduction is not a common feature of AAVE.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

CCSS.L.5.3B

CCSS.L.6.1E

In AAVE, the distinction between the lax, front vowels (i.e., as in 'bit' and 'bet') before nasal consonants is lost, with the words tin and ten pronounced as 'tin.'.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

CCSS.L.5.3B

CCSS.L.6.1E

In AAVE, the final cluster in a word like paint (/pent/) is less likely to show reduction because the /n/ and /t/ have different voicing characteristics.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

CCSS.L.5.3B

CCSS.L.6.1E

It generally takes several generations before a pidgin develops into a Creole.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Metathesis refers to the transposition of sounds (e.g., 'asteriks' for 'asterisk').

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Monophthongs often become diphthongized in AAVE.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

CCSS.L.5.3B

CCSS.L.6.1E

A pidgin is a simplified language that develops as a means of communication when two or more language communities come together.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Similar to other dialects of American English, it is common in AAVE to change the velar nasal to an alveolar nasal in the present progressive verb ending.

• TRUE

• FALSE