The spread of one language and the culture native to that language to common use around a region is an example of:
a. cultural invasion
b.literacy rate
c.mother tongue
d.Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
e.None of the above
a. cultural invasion
That the term “human rights” can refer to freedom of speech in one country and universal health care in another reflects the translation problem of conceptual equivalence
True or False
True
Canada has two official national language
True or False
True
The phrase “read btw the line” is an example of :
a. creole
b. Esperanto
c. Idiom
d. Pidgin
e. Syntax
c. idiom
By definition, pidgins are acquired by children as their first language
True or False
True
The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis accounts for the differences in languages across cultures
True or False
True
Hindi is the one official national language of India
True or False
False
In contrast to the explicit language of the Koran, the
Arabic language reflecting its culture is poetic using repetition, metaphors
and similes
True or False
False
English idioms are easily translated unambiguously into
other languages
True or False
False
In 1990, Native Americans Language Act discourages the use
of American Indian languages in schools
True or False
False
Esperanto is a simplified language developed for use in
science and technology