Pidgins and Creoles [1] (Intro to Sociolinguistics)

What is the name of the term referring to "the language faculty" coined by Chomsky?

• Language Acquisition Device

• Input

• E-language

• Pragmatic competence

Which term stands for 'the speaker-hearer's knowledge of his/her language'?

• competence

• performance

• universals

• e-language

According to Pinker, children acquire language their first language(s) without:

[choose 2 answers]

• formal instruction

• input

• formal instruction

• output

Language variability in language is caused by alternations in people's i-language, that is, it is reflected in their linguistic competence.

• TRUE

• FALSE

According to Chomsky, ...

• there is no or little interaction between language and society.

• there is constant, mutual, interaction between language and society.

• society shapes language(s) they speak.

• language shapes the nature of society.

Micro-linguistics is about

• studying language and how it functions in communication and society.

• understanding social structure through the perspective of the language.

• deals with knowledge of potential sentences.

• deals with sentences actually produced.

Which of there sentences may be considered marked?

[1] They have been dating for two years already.

[2] They have been courting for two years already.

• 1

• 2

You are a speaker of American English (General American). Which of these pronunciations of the word 'water' may be considered marked?

• wɑː.ɾɚ

• wɔː.tə

• wɔː.ʔə

Define the term "sociology of language".