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Bilingualism Questions

This document presents 20 questions about basic concepts related to language, tongue, and society. The questions cover topics such as the characteristics of language, the difference between tongue, speech, and language, the social nature of the tongue, bilingualism, and multilingualism in Peru. The document appears to be part of an exam or questionnaire intended to assess knowledge of the main concepts of linguistics.
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Bilingualism Questions

This document presents 20 questions about basic concepts related to language, tongue, and society. The questions cover topics such as the characteristics of language, the difference between tongue, speech, and language, the social nature of the tongue, bilingualism, and multilingualism in Peru. The document appears to be part of an exam or questionnaire intended to assess knowledge of the main concepts of linguistics.
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Questions of Bilingualism, Language, and Society

1. Indicate the characteristic that does not correspond to language.


It is present in all human beings.
It is related to thought.
It doesn't change with the passage of time.
It is innate due to its conventional character.
It has a sound and articulated nature.

2. What alternative shows the concept of language?


It is the science that studies correct pronunciation.
It constitutes the individual system of language.
It is a highly structured system of signs at a social level.
It is a resource that allows contact between animals and humans.
It is a momentary act of the realization of language.
3. Speech is psychophysical because ...
It is shared by all human beings.
corresponds to each individual.
it has a constant language correction.
it involves the interaction of articulatory organs.
is part of the ideal linguistic competence.

4. Mark true (T) or false (F) as appropriate

The dialect is the variation of the language due to geographical location. )

Language is characterized by being ephemeral and particular. ( )

Quechua and Aymara are dialects. ( )

Language is the exclusively human faculty. ( )

FVVF
VFVF
VFFV
VVFF
VFVF

5. Mark true (T) or false (F) as appropriate

A regional variant of a language is known as a dialect.


Language is the exclusive faculty of man.
The official language of a country is the language ( )
It is manifested in a particular way called language. )
VFVF
VVFF
VFFV
FVVF
VV FF

6. Indicate what idea the following concept refers to: "It is the set of signs"
organized, that have an arbitrary representation.
Speak
Reference
Language
Canal
Code

7. Language is ………………… the tongue is ……………. And the


talk
Universal – particular – social
Universal - social - particular
Universal – personal – social
Social – universal – particular
Social – particular – universal

8. As a cognitive system, language

It is of innate character

It is not universal.

It depends on the languages

It is not formalized through language.

It is formalized through speech

9. Incorrect statement

Language is a symbol

According to Chomsky, language is innate

The sociolect only corresponds to marginalized groups.

Linguistically, the spoken language prevails over the written.

Language appears in the entire human community.

10. About the development of Peru, multilingualism ...

It favors because one language is not better or worse than another.

It is detrimental because it fosters a lack of unity and integration in society.


Peruvian.
It is positive, it is not an obstacle for education.

It promotes, as it contributes to the diversity of communication.

It is not advisable as it disappears the equality between rulers and


dominated.

"lápiz" and "pencil" are an example of ...

the arbitrariness of the linguistic sign.

the existence of many languages.

the correspondence that exists between signifier and signified.

different messages.

simple codes

12 Mark the correct alternative


a. Locution act ( It is the purpose or intention that one aims to achieve.
) with the statement

b. Illocutionary act ( It is the effect that the statement produces on the


) receptor in a given context.

c.Act ( It is what is expressed in the statement whether it is


perlocutive ) an idea or a concept.

a-b-c
b-a-c
b-c-a
a–c–b
c-b-a

It is known as loyalty and linguistic pride

a. To speak two languages, both the native and the second language fluently.
correct
b. Cultivate, code, and modernize the native language
c. To be built to respond to the needs of the speakers.
It consists of defending the ancestral language of our ancestors.
e. b y d are correct
14. What is the reason for the conflict that languages suffer within a
territory

a. due to the need to survive the language with fewer speakers

b. because the language imposes its language on the dominated people

c. due to the influences of other languages

d. due to social and political circumstances

e. All of the above

15. Relate

a. Incipient bilingualism ( ) dominates both languages as well as their mother tongue.


like the other
b. Subordinate bilingualism ( ) only speaks, reads, or writes the second language
understand
c. Coordinated bilingualism ( ) dominates the mother tongue, but the second one
language has an elementary knowledge
a- b-c
b- c-a
c-b-a
b-a-c
16. Linguistically, Peru is considered a multilingual country due to the
coexistence of ____ in its territory.
dialectal varieties.
geographical dialects.
a diversity of cultures.
various languages.
multilingual speakers.
17. Regarding the language planes, which statement is correct?
Language is a system of verbal and non-verbal signs.
Speech corresponds directly to semantics.
They have an interdependent nature according to Saussure.
The language remains unchanged over time.
Speech evolves only at a diachronic level.
18. Speech is psycho-physical because ...

It is shared by all human beings.

corresponds to each individual.


it has a constant linguistic correction.

it involves the interaction of articulatory organs.

is part of the ideal linguistic competence.

19. A language like ....

A code approved by the State

The social variant of speech

A channel

A system of articulated signs

Phoneme system and its graphic representations

20. Mark the correct alternative

The language is not considered as a system or social institution.

The language has never undergone significant changes.

Linguistics is a science whose object of study is language.

Languages with fewer speakers can be marginalized.

Languages do not present cultural or intimate borrowings.

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