Key Topics:
ASL Language Acquisition
Neurolinguistics
Sociolinguistics
Language Contact/Change
Question - 10: Which pair of adjectives are gradable antonyms?
Red/Blue
Smart/Dumb (Correct Answer)
True/False
Student/Teacher
Question - 20: Which of the following has a sense, but no referent?
Superman (Correct Answer)
Your LING200 TA
The king of the world
Red Square
The oldest man alive
Question - 30: What is a hyponym of the word dog?
Pet
Animal
Mammal
Chihuahua (Correct Answer)
All of the above
Question - 40: What is the entailment relation between 1 & 2?
1: At least one student passed the final
2: Every student passed the final
1 entails 2
2 entails 1
Paraphrase
No entailment (Correct Answer)
Question - 50: How many senses and referents does the following phrase have?: LING200 TA
1 sense
Lots of referents (all TAs for AU2020, WI2021, SP2021, AU2021, etc) (Correct Answer)
Question - 10: Which of the following is NOT a feature of ASL signs?
Movement
Speed (Correct Answer)
Palm Orientation
Location
Handshape
Question - 20: The ASL sign for COFFIN is comprised of the sign for DEAD followed by the sign for BOX. Which morphological process is this an example of?
Reduplication
Blend
Compounding (Correct Answer)
Acronym
Question - 30: How do deaf babies differ from hearing babies when acquiring language?
Deaf babies learn ASL faster than hearing babies because it's iconic
Deaf babies will babble with their hands instead of with their mouths (Correct Answer)
Question - 40: What feature differs in this minimal pair? "RED" "SWEET"
Handshape (Correct Answer)
Question - 50: Which statement is TRUE about ASL?
ASL has its own grammar and rules that make it distinct from English (Correct Answer)
Question - 10: True or false? Babies learn language at more or less the same speed universally.
True (Correct Answer)
Question - 20: What stage of language acquisition is outlined by the phrase: "Umibu mamabubu ga bemu"?
Vocal Play
Canonical Babbling
Two Word Phase
Variegated Babbling
CV monosyllable Babbling (Correct Answer)
Question - 30: What does the remark "Chewy!" when pointing to a dog represent?
Overgeneralization
Telegraphic Speech
Overextension (Correct Answer)
Underextension
Question - 40: Which theory does incorrect phrases despite correction seem to disprove?
Reinforcement Theory (Correct Answer)
Question - 50: The error in the statement "learn the tights on" is an example of?
Anticipation
Metathesis (Correct Answer)
Question - 10: Which variable does not contribute to language variation?
Speed (Correct Answer)
Question - 20: What determines which dialect is the standard?
It is usually the dialect of those in power (Correct Answer)
Question - 30: Words such as mise-en-place, sauté, and sous-vide are examples of?
Jargon (Correct Answer)
Question - 40: The sentence "I might could go to the store." is an example of?
Syntactic Variation (Correct Answer)
Question - 50: Why do students speak differently to friends than to professors?
Speech Style/Registers (Correct Answer)
Question - 10: In an adstratal relationship, which is likely to occur?
Language Shift (Correct Answer)
Question - 20: The word "brainwash" as a loanword from Chinese is an example of?
Calque (Correct Answer)
Question - 30: What word is unlikely to be borrowed from a remote language first encountering English?
Independence (Correct Answer)
Question - 40: The changing meaning of "meat" signifies what kind of language change?
Reduction (Correct Answer)
Question - 50: Which is NOT a feature of Pidgins?
They are used as a first language by some speakers (Correct Answer)