Week 2 Pidgins and Creoles

Hawaiian Pidgin is currently a

a. Pidgin

b. Creole

c. Old established language

d. Slang

b. Creole

The languages indigenous to a region are never the superstratum language.

True

False

False

The superstratum language is the one that

a. has, relatively speaking, the most power.

b. has the longest history.

c. is the lingua franca of the region.

d. is spoken by the most people in the region.

a. has, relatively speaking, the most power.

The vocabulary of a creole comes primarily from

a. the default settings of parameters (under the Universal Grammar theory).

b. all of the languages that contribute to the creole.

c. Portuguese.

d. the superstratum language.

d. the superstratum language.

Which contact situation created Tok Pisin?

a. War/Military Occupation

b. Immigration

c. Trade

d. Plantations

a. War/Military Occupation

What is the superstratum language for Russo-Chinese Pidgin spoken in Shanghai in the 1920s?

a. English

b. Shanghainese

c. Russian

d. Portuguese

c. Russian

If the contact situation that created a pidgin disappears relatively quickly (ex: the US occupation of Japan ended in 1952), then the pidgin most likely

a. Dies out

b. Creolizes

c. Decreolizes

d. Comes to be an established language

a. Dies out

What is a creole language?

a. an inaccurate, incomplete version of a more established language (like English).

b. a local reduced version of a more established language used as an L1 by people who cannot speak the established language.

c. a simple version of a more established language that is easier for adults to learn than the established language.

d. a language based on the vocabulary of a more established language (like English).

d. a language based on the vocabulary of a more established language (like English).

The most important difference between a pidgin and a creole is:

a. Pidgins are used as a mother tongue and creoles are not.

b. Creoles are used as a mother tongue and pidgins are not.

c. Pidgins are reduced forms of a more established language (like French) and creoles are not.

d. Creoles are reduced forms of a more established language (like French) and pidgins are not.

b. Creoles are used as a mother tongue and pidgins are not.

The grammar (ex: sentence structure, pronunciation, etc) of a pidgin is just as sophisticated as the grammar of a more established language like Japanese.

True

False

False

The grammar (ex: sentence structure, pronunciation, etc) of a creole is just as sophisticated as the grammar of a more established language like Japanese.

True

False

True

The theory that creoles originate when speakers of the superstratum language simplify their speech (and this simplification is learned by speakers of the substratum languages) is supported by enough evidence to be plausible.

True

False

False

The theory that creoles originate from a common language being spread around the globe by sailors is supported by enough evidence to be plausible.

True

False

True

The theory that creoles are the product of the default settings of our innate ability to learn language is supported by enough evidence to be plausible.

True

False

True

Chinook Jargon has a suspicious number of Portuguese words in it.

True

False

False

ISN is a

a. Pidgin

b. Creole

c. Old Established Language

d. Slang

b. Creole

Under the Monogenetic Theory for the origin of creoles, all creoles

a. were once Sabir

b. were once Portuguese

c. developed independently of each other

d. are the product of the default settings of parameters

a. were once Sabir

There are no known instance of a new language being formed by swapping out the vocabulary words of another language while preserving the sentence structure of that other language.

True

False

False