Тема 7.

Территориальная дифференциация словарного

состава современного английского языка.
Seminar 7.Variants and Dialects of the English Language.

Test

What do we call regional varieties of a standard literary

language characterized by some minor peculiarities in
the sound system, vocabulary and grammar and their
own literary norms?

dialects

variants of a language

ideolects

What do we call varieties of a language used as a means

of oral communication in small localities?

dialects

variants of a language

ideolects

What do we call the group of features characteristic of

one single person's speech?

a dialect

a variant of a language

an ideolect

What is the main field of difference between British,

American, Australian and Canadian English?

phonetics

lexemes

grammar
Where do the lexical differences between territorial
variants mostly manifest themselves?

in phraseological units
in divergences in the semantic structure of
the words

in the words collocations

Which American linguist considers British and

American English to be separate languages?

Ch. Rocket

L. Bloomfield

R. L. Mencken

Which of the following variants cannot be called

territorially-marked?

Americanisms

General English

Canadianisms
In the corresponding pair "government-administration"
the second word is:

a Briticism

an Americanism

an Australianism

In the corresponding pair "leader-editorial" the first

word in the meaning "leading article in a newspaper"
can be referred to:

Briticisms
Americanisms

Australianisms

The words "campus", "mailboy" are:

full Briticisms
full Americanisms
full Australianisms
The words "fortnight", "pillar-box" are:
full Briticisms
full Americanisms
full Australianisms

The words" outback", "backblocks" are:

full Briticisms
full Americanisms
full Australianisms

13 .Words of some variant that have no

counterparts elsewhere denote

realia

phenomena observable in other English-

speaking countries

interchangeable phenomena

The realia composite high school refers to:

Americanisms
Australianisms
Canadianisms

What is a derivational variant of a word?

a word having the same root but a different

meaning

a word having the same root and identical in

meaning but differing in derivational affixes

a word having the same root and identical in

meaning but having another distribution

Lexical peculiarities in different parts of the English-

speaking word do not include:

valency
 the usage

the word-building patterns

What is not the major belt of dialects in the USA?

Northern
Southern
Midland
Western

The process of dialect divergence is going to:

increase
decrease
stabilize

The official language of Great Britain is called:

Standard English
Literary English
Scottish English

What differs a variant from a dialect?

it possesses a literary norm

it is acknowledged by all the population of
the country

it is spoken only within some area

What is not a variant of English?

Scottish English
Irish English
Welsh English

Cockney belongs to the group of:

Northern dialects
Southern dialects
 Midland dialects

On how many levels does Cockney exist?

two
three
four

Lines on the maps showing areas where the same dialect

is spoken are called:

dialect borders
isoglosses
parabolas

What feature of Cockney was lost by the end of the

19th century?
replacement of [w] for [v]
replacement of [8] for [s]
replacement of [f] for [8]

Cockney's vocabulary is characterized by:

unpleasant acoustic effect

rhyming and imaginativeness

reduction of most literary words

Why cannot we call American English a dialect?

it is widely-spread

it is not a territorial variety

it has its own literary norm called Standard

American

The expression "I guess" in the meaning "I think" has

come into American English from the language of:
W. Shakespeare
 Chaucer
Spenser

The words "cafeteria", "mustang", "ranch" have come

into American English from:

Spanish
the Indian dialects
Brasilian

The American variant of "through" is:

thru
through
throu

The British word cosy in American is written as:

cosy
cosey
cozy

The British word practice in American is written as:

practize
practice
practise

In American English the word "flat" means:

an apartment
a puncture in your tire
a hitch-hiking camp

What do we call international words?

words borrowed from one language into

several others
 words developed in different languages
according to the same word building
pattern?

words of the same root in different

languages

In what language do the international words" bungalo",

"jute", "khaki" originate?

in Canadian
in Indian
in Australian
In what language does the international word
"boomerang" originate?

in Canadian

in Indian

in Australian

Which variant of English can be considered as

normative now?
Canadian
American
British
none

Which of these words is used in America?

mail-car
telegraph blank
foreign mail
overseas mail

What do the word "homely" mean in American

English?
ugly
plain
rustic
Which of the following words has the same meaning both
British and in American English?

apartment
tardy
homely
calico

What is the American meaning of the word "to

calculate"?

to sum up

to consider

to dream

to rely on

What is the American meaning of the word "sick"?

ill
feeling nausea

being in decay

yearning for

What is the American meaning of the word "faucet"?

electric pluck
facet
tap
44. What is the American meaning of the
word "billion"?
milliard
trillion
million

45. What is the American meaning of the word

"to solicit"?

to ask for money from a person

 to sell by taking orders for a product or
service

to advertise oneself as a prostitute

What is the American meaning of the word "quite"?

completely, perfectly
to some degree
unusual, above average

The origin of the names of states "Oklahoma", "Ohio",

"Wyoming" is:

Indian
Celtic
Anglo-Saxon

The American spelling for "catalogue" is:

cat
catalog
cataloge

In American the words "clamour", "colour" are written:

without "u"
without "о"
in the same way

The American spelling for "vigorous" is:

vigoros
vigorus
vigorous