Dialect Quiz

Example Questions From the Test

• 2On a dialect map, what does an isogloss represent?
  • The historical route followed by every speaker of a dialect
  • A ranking of dialects by their number of speakers
  • A phonetic spelling system used to record accents
  • A boundary marking where a particular language feature changes
• 4In a speaker’s dialect, “pin” and “pen” sound alike when spoken before a nasal consonant. Which pattern does this illustrate?
  • The pin-pen merger
  • The Mary-marry-merry merger
  • Canadian raising
  • The cot-caught merger
• 6In varieties that use habitual “be,” what does “She be working on Tuesdays” typically communicate?
  • She began working this Tuesday.
  • She is working at this exact moment.
  • She might work on one unspecified Tuesday.
  • She regularly or characteristically works on Tuesdays.