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WorksheetsJamaican Language Situation
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What are Jamaica's Languages
Jamaican English and Spanish
Jamaican English and Jamaican Creole
Jamaican Creole and Spanish
Jamaican Creole, Jamaican English and Spanish
Who is a bilingual
Someone who knows or speaks two languages
Someone who speaks or knows three or more languages
someone who knows or speaks only one language
someone who knows languages
What are the two types of bilingualism
Successive and satisfactory
Simultaneous and satisfactory
Simultaneous and successive
Successive and simple
What is Successive Bilingualism
successive bilingualism involves input of the 2nd language beginning before birth
successive bilingualism involves input of the 2nd language at high school
successive bilingualism involves input of the 2nd language
successive bilingualism involves input of the 2nd language beginning after birth
What is Simultaneous Bilingualism
Simultaneous bilingualism involves input of the 2nd language beginning after birth
Simultaneous bilingualism is the term used to refer to the acquisition of 2 languages from birth
Simultaneous bilingualism is the term used to refer to the acquisition of 2 languages after birth
Simultaneous bilingualism is the term used to refer to the acquisition of 2 languages
What is the Speech Continuum?
This is a continuous spectrum of speech varieties of the standard variety
This is a continuous spectrum of speech varieties of the Creole
This is a continuous spectrum of speech varieties ranging from the Creole to the standard variety at either pole
This is continuous speech varieties
The three terms in the speech continuum are
acrolect, basilect and mesolect
acrolect, idiolect and mesolect
sociolect, basilect and acrolect
acrolect, dialect and basilect
Each speaker commands a span of the spectrum between the basilect and the acrolect. What does the breadth of the span depend on?
Education, input and location
input, race and location
Education, social contacts on a daily basis and input
social contacts on a daily basis , race and location
True or False. Jamaica has two languages with distinct functions in society
True
False
What are Cognates?
Cognates are items belonging to the speaker’s language systems
Cognates are items of ambiguous affiliation, belonging to the speaker’s two systems this no doubt contributes to what we have called the blurring of boundaries between the two languages
Cognates are items of ambiguous affiliation, belonging to the speaker’s language systems
Cognates are items of unambiguous affiliation, belonging to the speaker’s two systems this no doubt contributes to what we have called the blurring of boundaries between the two languages
