Quiz PCs

Jargon is the same as pidgin

• True

• False

The use of simplified grammar and vocabulary when speaking with someone with little proficiency in a given language is known as ...

• interlanguage

• pidgin

• foreign talk

• creole

Pidgins used to be stigmatized.

• True

• False

Another name for jargon is ...

• unstable pidgin

• rudimentary pidgin

• pre-pidgin

• all of the above

Pidgincreoles can become mother tongues for some speakers.

• True

• False

What is the most widely accepted theory of the etymology of the term 'pidgin'?

• It derives from the Chinese Pidgin English pronunciation business.

• The term derives from the Hebrew word pidjom meaning 'trade, 'barter'.

• The term derives from the word pidian meaning 'people' from the languages used in the Oyapock basin.

• The term comes from a "South Seas pronunciation" of the English word beach.

Which of the following types of languages are capable of fulfilling any linguistic needs, have many native speakers and are official languages.

• creoles

• pidgincreoles

• jargons

• pidgins

What is diglossia?

• It is a synonymous term for interlanguage.

• It is the use of specific languages or language varieties in different situations.

• It is the acquisition process of a pidgin language by children.

• It is the process of formation of pidgins.

What is lexifier?

• It is the language that supplies pidgins and creoles with the most vocabulary and too some extent grammar.

• It is the internalized variety of a language.

• It is a "corrupted" variety of a language.

• It is the externalized variety of a langauge.

What factors can affect identity; therefore, the language used by specific speech communities.

• race

• social class

• age

• leisure activities

• occupation