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ILS511S - INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE IN SOCIETY - 2ND OPP - JULY 2025 |
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nAm I BI A un IVE RSITY
OF SCIEnCE Ano
FACULTY OF COMMERCE, HUMAN SCIENCES AND EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION & LANGUAGES
QUALIFICATION: BACHELOR OF ENGLISH AND LINGUISTICS
QUALIFICATION CODE: {07BENL}
LEVEL: 5
COURSE CODE: ILS5115
COURSE NAME: Introduction to Language in Society
SESSION: JULY2025
TIME:
3H00
PAPER: THEORY
MARKS: 100
EXAMINER(S)
SECOND OPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION PAPER
Dr Sylvia N lthindi
Mr. Salom Fikameni
MODERATOR: Dr Anneli Nghikembua
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer all questions.
2. Read all the questions carefully before answering.
3. Make sure your name and surname, question number, and the
date appear on the answer script.
4. Please ensure that your writing is legible, neat and presentable.
THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF 4 PAGES, INCLUDING THE COVER PAGE
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QUESTION 1
1.1 Look at the following concepts. Link these to the terms below to their corresponding
statements. Write down only the question number and the symbol, e.g., (3.1} - (a).
(10}
TERMINOLOGY
1.1 Pidgin
1.2 Idiolect
1.3 Multilingualism
1.4 Language
maintenance
1.5 Dialect
1.5 Codification
1.7Social distance
1.8 Colonial
language
1.9 Register
1.10 Genderlect
DESCRIPTION
A. A variety of languages defined by the users'
reQional and socio-economic oriQins
B. Speech varieties associated with particular
Qender
C. People switch from one language code to another
for emotional reasons
D. Some agencies, such as an academy, has written
dictionaries and grammar books to 'fix' the variety so
that everyone, who is using it, agrees on what is
correct
E. These languages were introduced to countries all
over the world during era of colonialism.
F. The distance between the speakers (friends,
siblinQs, stranQers)
G. aspects of pronunciation which identify where an
individual speaker is from, reQionally or socially
H. The continuing use of language in the face of
competition from a regionally and socially more
powerful lanQuaQe
I. The use of two or more languages in the same
utterance
J. When two people are talking in one language and
other joins them, they switch codes
K. The variety that carries most prestige and is used
by the elite and in formal contexts
L. When speaking to a friend, you would probably
use slang, but speaking to your parents or a teacher,
you would use the standardized form of the lanQuaQe
M. Two distinctly different varieties of the same
language are used in the community, with the one
seen as the high (or H) variety and the other a low (or
L) variety
N. A set of linguistic items with similar social
distribution
0. A common code developed among people who
do not speak each other's language
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1.2 Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word or phrase.
(10)
a. A complex system of communication that uses arbitrary symbols, such as
sounds, gestures, or written words, is often used to define the term ____
_
b. A _____
is a group of people who share a common language or variety of
language and shared norms for its use.
c. An individual who is proficient in two languages is considered ____
_
d. The situation where an individual or community knows and uses only one
language is called ____
_
e. _____
is the process by which a language is given a uniform form, often
involving the selection of a particular dialect as the norm.
f. Variation in language use by the same speaker depending on the social context is
referred to as -----
g. When a pidgin becomes the first language of a community and develops a more
complex structure, it is called a ____
_
h. _____
occurs when a language is no longer spoken by any living speakers.
i. An _____
language is designated by a government for official
administrative use.
j. The everyday language spoken by a community, often distinct from formal or
colonial languages, is termed ____
_
QUESTION 2
2.1 Name three language families in Namibia. Provide two (2) examples each. (10)
2.2 How do the following aspects influence language choice? Provide examples to
support your answers.
(10)
(a) The social distance
(b) The referential scale
(c) The affective scale
(d) Formality
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QUESTION 3
3.1 Linguistically, male and female speech may differ. Name and explain any five (5) of such
differences.
(10}
3.2 By drawing on examples from your own speech community, discuss the factors that
contribute to bilingualism.
(10)
QUESTION 4
4.1 A lingua franca develops to enable people from different language groups to communicate.
Discussthe forms of lingua franca you learned in this course.
(10}
4.2 National languages serve many functions in a community. List and explain these functions
as discussed in this course.
(10)
QUESTION 5
5.1 Identify five (5) factors that contribute to language shift.
(5)
5.2 Write an essay of approximately 200 words explaining the five criteria used to motivate the
choice of the official language in Namibia.
(15)
Total= 100 Marks
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