If someone came up to you and said, "oh, you see everything through rose-colored glasses," this might suggest to you that the person speaking agrees with the premises of:
a. Noam Chomsky’s transformational-generative grammar model
b. Derek Bickerton’s creole-pidgin theory
c. the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
d. the linguistic field theory
Answer is c. the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
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A) the baby’s astrological sign B) birth order of the baby C) mother’s age at delivery D) mother’s diet during pregnancy
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
In Imperial Han China, daughters were their fathers’ spiritual heirs even though they did not inherit land
a. True b. False
Why might someone code-switch between their own language and the language of a politically more powerful society?
A) The dominant culture’s language is seen as a symbol of high status and upward mobility. B) It is inevitable that the dominant culture’s language will soon be taught in schools, so it is easier to adopt it right away. C) They do not fully understand the dominant language, and revert back to their native language as needed. D) Only certain members of society are permitted to speak the dominant culture’s language.