Multiple dialects of American English formed because of

differences in the dialects of the colonial settlers

mutually understood by people have different native language

to appeal to a large number of people

a boundary between language regions

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1
Multiple dialects of American English formed because of
invasions, including by the Angles, Normans, and Saxons
different cultural influences in each group
isolation from one another after independence
differences in the dialects of the colonial settlers
2
PPAP stands for
Pizza Pizza Almost Pizza
Pen Pineapple Apple Pen
Prickly Pear Answer Present
Pineapple Pen Apple Pen
3
A form of language spoken in a local area is a
language group
dialect
language family
language branch
4
A lingua franca is
mutually understood by people have different native language
an official language in multiple countries
an English word that has entered the English language
an extinct language that has been revived
5
The use of a horse and buggy by the Amish is an example of
folk culture
habit
popular culture
taboo
6
All but which are true about the English language?
It is the leading language on the internet.
It is an Indo-European language.
It is a lingua franca.
It is an isogloss.
7
Folk culture is more likely than pop culture to vary from time to time at a given place.
False
True
8
When languages are depicted as trees, the trunks of the trees represent
language families
language groups
dialects
possible prehistoric superfamilies
9
Pop music is written
mostly for one group in one place
to appeal to a large number of people
to endure for a long period of time, forever if possible
without purpose and becomes popular by accident
10
In contrast to folk culture, pop culture is typical of
heterogeneous groups
groups that have little interaction with other groups
homogeneous groups
groups living in isolated rural areas
11
British and American English differ in all but which of the following?
alphabet
vocabulary
pronunciation
spelling
12
Folk cultures are spread primarily by
hierarchical diffusion
contagious diffusion
relocation diffusion
stimulus diffusion
13
Type of diffusion if Drake wears a pair of sneakers with hope that his fans will wear them?
Stimulus Diffusion
Relocation Diffusion
Contagious Diffusion
Hierarchical Diffusion
14
Which of the following is an isolated language?
French-Canadian
Afrikaans
Celtic
Basque
15
English is apart of which language family?
Romance
Germanic
Indo-European
West Germanic
16
Which language has the most speakers in the world?
English
Chinese
Hindi
Spanish
17
Which sport is the most global in its extent?
American Football
baseball
golf
Football (soccer)
18
The spread of a popular You Tube video best illustrates which type of cultural diffusion?
Hierarchical Diffusion
Stimulus Diffusion
Relocation Diffusion
Contagious Diffusion
19
An isolgoss is
a blending of two language families
a boundary between language regions
a collection of unique words
a form of language spoken in a local area
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From most distant to closest relatives, languages are classified into
families, branches, groups
branches, families, groups
branches, groups, families
families, groups and branches

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