Language and Communication Quiz

What are the requirements for identifying a means of communication as a language?

• A writing system, a sound system, and a system of rules

• A sound system, a vocabulary, and a writing system

• A system of rules, a vocabulary, and a writing system

• A system of rules, a sound system, and a vocabulary

What do we call the languages that are essential for various reasons?

• Second languages

• Mother tongues

• First languages

• Primary languages

What is the process of learning other languages formally in school or informally on your own called?

• Language change

• Language learning

• Language contact

• Language acquisition

What happens when people visit another speech community that is different from their own?

• They spell English words accurately

• All of the above

• They pronounce words the same as it should be

• They have different ways of expressing the same concepts

What is the result of language contact when our languages come into contact with other people's languages?

• Language development

• Language change

• Language learning

• Language acquisition

What do we call the process of people acquiring languages from their community as they grow up?

• Language learning

• Language contact

• Language change

• Language acquisition

What do we call the languages that are acquired as people grow up?

• Initial languages

• Primary languages

• First languages

• Native languages

What happens when people constantly interact and communicate with each other in terms of their languages?

• Their languages become more complex

• Their languages remain unchanged

• Their languages become extinct

• Their languages come into contact with each other

What is the term for the languages that are learned in school or on one's own besides the first languages?

• Primary languages

• First languages

• Mother tongues

• Second languages

What is the term for the human capacity that consists of a system of rules, a sound system, and a vocabulary?

• Language change

• Language

• Language contact

• Language acquisition