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- 1. Multiple Choice
Dialectal variation is of little importance to professionals in the area of human communication disorders.
TRUE
FALSE
- 2. Multiple Choice
A dialect is a variety of language distinquished from other varieties in its phonology, grammar, or vocabulary, or in its use by speakers who differ socially or geographically from other speakers.
TRUE
FALSE
- 3. Multiple Choice
Final consonant cluster reduction is not a common feature of AAVE.
TRUE
FALSE
- 4. Multiple Choice
In AAVE, the distinction between the lax, front vowels (i.e., as in 'bit' and 'bet') before nasal consonants is lost, with the words tin and ten pronounced as 'tin.'.
TRUE
FALSE
- 5. Multiple Choice
In AAVE, the final cluster in a word like paint (/pent/) is less likely to show reduction because the /n/ and /t/ have different voicing characteristics.
TRUE
FALSE
- 6. Multiple Choice
It generally takes several generations before a pidgin develops into a Creole.
TRUE
FALSE
- 7. Multiple Choice
Metathesis refers to the transposition of sounds (e.g., 'asteriks' for 'asterisk').
TRUE
FALSE
- 8. Multiple Choice
Monophthongs often become diphthongized in AAVE.
TRUE
FALSE
- 9. Multiple Choice
A pidgin is a simplified language that develops as a means of communication when two or more language communities come together.
TRUE
FALSE
- 10. Multiple Choice
Similar to other dialects of American English, it is common in AAVE to change the velar nasal to an alveolar nasal in the present progressive verb ending.
TRUE
FALSE
- 11. Multiple Choice
The voiceless, interdental fricative in thin is usually changed to /f/ in AAVE.
TRUE
FALSE
- 12. Multiple Choice
Word final voicing of stops, in which a word like duck becomes dug , is a common feature of AAVE.
TRUE
FALSE
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