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A Quiz to test understanding of key research on Standard and Non Standard English
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What are the arguments James Milroy gives against the existence of a Golden Age?
English is about to have its Golden Age.
English was only standardised in the 18th C.
English is varied by nature.
Written English does not represent a better form of English.
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Select the Descriptivist statements:
New Yorkers say standing on line, others standing in line.
Standard language is a political tool, reflecting power.
The English language is a work in progress. Have fun with it
Grammar: rules that people seem to use when they speak.
3
Why are AAVE speakers more likely to be put in special education?
AAVE speakers cannot speak American SE.
Schools mistake AAVE for misunderstanding of American SE.
AAVE is not understood by teachers.
American schools are racist.
4
Which prescriptivist myths did Aitchison identify with regard to language change?
The Crumbling Castle.
The Damp Spoon.
The Infectious Disease.
The Bent Fork.
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Identify the examples of Non Standard Grammar:
You ain't seen nothing yet!
It is very important to be seen using Standard English.
We were sat in the pub, when the call came.
I dreamed a crazy dream last night.
6
According to Lesley Milroy, working class men
use dialect as it gives them overt prestige.
don't use dialect on principle.
use dialect as it gives them covert prestige.
use Standard English as it gives them overt prestige.
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What correlation did Trudgill find between class and dialect?
No correlation.
Lower social classes tend to use more Non Standard forms.
Higher social classes tend to use more Non Standard forms.
Upper class speakers tend to use Standard English.
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The Golden Age of English is an example of:
A Descriptivist myth.
A very old myth.
A scientific study into a language.
A Prescriptivist myth.
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According to Lesley Milroy, women are
more likely to use specialist colour terms.
more likely to use dialect / Non SE.
less likely to use competitive speech behaviour.
less likely to use dialect / Non SE.
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Why is the Golden Age of English myth wrong?
It is a Silver Age.
English is too difficult to spell.
There never was a time when English didn't have variety.
It is based on history, not on linguistics.
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Which is NOT a feature of AAVE?
A habitual tense that American SE doesn't have.
Substituting "th" at start of words with "d"
A special future tense that American SE doesn't have.
Dropping the "g" in -ing, e.g. "Droppin'"
12
Which NS form of English did Labov prove to be perfectly grammatical?
African American Vernacular English
Australian Aboriginal English
Ghetto English
Belfast English
13
According to Trudgill, Standard English is
a minority dialect.
different itself according to where in the UK it is used.
a majority dialect.
used in writing, professional and educational settings.
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The Golden Age of English is...
The period in which Shakespeare wrote his plays.
A myth about a time in past when English was perfect.
now, as almost the entire world uses English.
The early period of Anglo-Saxon.
15
Select the Prescriptivist statements:
The rule is: don’t use commas like a stupid person.
No one should be ignorant of grammar.
Forming grammatical sentences is an essential skill.
Ill-fitting grammar are like ill-fitting shoes.
