Directions: Explain the following terms and give examples for illustration where appropriate.

Social dialects 

Directions: Explain the following terms, using one or two examples for illustration.

idiolect

Directions: Fill in the blank in each of the following statements with one word, the first letter of which is already given as a clue. Note that you are to fill in ONE word only, and you are not allowed to change the letter given.

​Many differences in language use persist for e reasons. For example, it is important to know whether a group of speakers share similar educational backgrounds.

Directions: Explain the following terms and give examples for illustration where appropriate.

Social dialects 

Directions: Fill in the blank in each of the following statements with one word, the first letter of which is already given as a clue. Note that you are to fill in ONE word only, and you are not allowed to change the letter given.

Speakers of an e dialect like Black English always regard the language they speak as the major symbol of their socio-cultural identity. Asking them to change their customary language patterns is asking them to take on a new identity.

Directions: Fill in the blank in each of the following statements with one word, the first letter of which is already given as a clue. Note that you are to fill in ONE word only, and you are not allowed to change the letter given.

​The distinctive features of Black English persist not for r reasons, but for social, educational, and economic reasons.

Black English is a kind of（ ）dialect.

Judge whether the following statement is true or false. Put a T for true or F for false on the ANSWER SHEET. If you think a statement is false, you must explain why you think so and then give the correct version.

The sentence “He crazy” is acceptable in Black English vernacular because the absence of the copula “be” is an obvious feature of Black English. 

Directions: Answer the following question.

Describe the distinctive features of Black English in its syntactic system by using examples.

The distinctive features of  Black English persist Not for （）reasons.

Directions: Judge whether each of the following statements is true or false. Put T for true or F for false in the bracket in front of each statement. If you think a statement is false, you must explain why you think so and give the correct version.

In Black English, when the verb is negated, the indefinite pronouns something, somebody, and some become the negative indefinites nothing, nobody, and none, such as He don’t know nothing. Such double negation constructions indicate that speakers of Black English are deficient because they use language “illogically.”

The following are the syntactic features of Black English EXCEPT （）.

It is the（ ）differences that have often been used to illustrate the "illogic" of Black English.

From a linguistic point of view, Black English is NOT a(n) （ ） dialect of American English.

In contrast to Standard American English, Black English is the distinct variety of English native to black populations in the USA. We regard Black English as（ ）

Directions: Judge whether each of the following statements is true or false. Put T for true or F for false in the bracket in front of each statement. If you think a statement is false, you must explain why you think so and give the correct version

​In Black English, when the verb is negated, the indefinite pronouns something, somebody, and some become the negative indefinites nothing, nobody, and none, as in : 

He don’t know nothing.
He don’t like nobody.
He ain’t got none. 

Directions: Fill in the blank in each of the following statements with one word, the first letter of which is already given as a clue. Note that you are to fill in ONE word only, and you are not allowed to change the letter given.

​Many differences in language use persist for e reasons. For example, it is important to know whether a group of speakers share similar educational backgrounds.

It is insulting to a woman to be called a spinster, but it is not insulting to a man to be called a bachelor. There is nothing inherently（ ）about the word spinster. The connotations reflect the sexist views society has about an unmarried woman as opposed to an unmarried man.

Directions: Answer the following questions. 

Describe the distinctive features of Black English in its syntactic system by using examples.

Directions: Answer the following question.

Describe the distinctive features of Black English in its syntactic system by using examples.