Exploring Language and Ethnicity

Choose the elements associated with 'ethnicity'.

• Political autonomy

• Common ancestry

• Cultural heritage

• Physical characteristics

• Socially constructed term

___ is a variety of a language that is associated with a particular community and often emerges as a result of cultural identity, social interaction, and historical factors.

What was the most popular reason for many ethnolects' creation back in 50-70s of the 20th century?

Choose the features of 'multiethnolect'.

• Blends elements from various languages

• Spoken by younger generation

• Spoken by older generation

• Is fluid, dynamic, and adapts over time

• Reinforces a singular ethnic identity

For some scholars, bilingualism and multilingualism are the same linguistic phenomena.

• True

• False

___ refers to a type of bilingualism where an individual learns two languages simultaneously in the same context and environment, often from early childhood.

Choose the features of 'creole'.

• Uses many onomatopoeias

• There are native speakers

• Has a relatively fixed word order

• Has metaphors, proverbs, and idiomatic expressions

• Develops to enable contact between people

___ is a linguistic process in which a creole language gradually loses its distinct features and becomes more similar to the standard language or languages from which it originated.

What type of code-switching is the following phrase?

'I really love this movie, verdad?'

• Tag switching

• Intra-sentential

• Inter-sentential

• Bilingual

In the community where two or more language varieties are used complementary, ___ occurs when one language variety is used for writing, and the other is used for speaking.

• Bilingual diglossia

• Multilingual diglossia

• Typical diglossia

• Atypical giglossia