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1. Homework 1: Investigating human lan-
What is Linguistics? guage from a scientific
perspective
2. Homework 1: It suggests that native
In one of the lecture videos, Professor Torrance dis- speakers if a language
cusses the phenomenon of "Expletive Infixation" in know the grammar rules
English. This data is important because that they have never been
taught.
3. HW 1: Consider the following scenario: Your friend, This is an issue of linguistic
who is a French major, is telling you about her travel performance: Your friend
plans for the summer. She says, "Every day I'll be able knows English grammar
to visit McDonald's by the Eiffel Tower. They make the and recognizes that she
best McRib ever. Ahh! I can't believe I get to spend two has made a speech error.
whole months in Feris, Prance... Haha, oops! I mean
Paris, France!"
What is going on here? Pick the answer that is most
correct.
4. HW 1: The Wug Test provides evidence that.. even very young children
know the rules of their lan-
guage
5. HW 1: Children produce sentences like "Daddy goes B. Young children ac-
to work" that they have clearly never heard from their quire grammatical rules
parents. This serves as evidence for which claim(s) and sometimes overgen-
below? eralize.
6. HW 1: All languages have words, questions, and nega- Universal Grammar
tion. This fact supports the existence of:
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7. HW 1: We know that the relation between the sound Ditterent languages have
of a word and its meaning is arbitrary because: ditterent words that refer
to the same objects/ con-
cepts.
8. HW 1: What is Uptalk? Prescriptivism: The nar-
https://youtu.be/HEfMwri22SM rator suggests how lan-
Is the discussion of getting rid of "uptalk" an example guage should be spoken
of language descriptivism or prescriptivism?
9. HW 1: What is Uptalk? Descriptive - he is explain-
https://youtu.be/HEfMwri22SM ing what the phenome-
In the video, the narrator says, "Uptalk is simply the non is, as it is used by
sound of your voice going up at the end of a sentence speakers.
or a thought, instead of down." Is this a descriptive
or prescriptive statement? Choose the most correct
answer.
10. Hw 1: No. A descriptive gram-
Consider the example sentence (1) and then answer marian would judge this
the question below. sentence to be incorrect
(1) At the museum, Eunhye looked at the pictures if b/c native speakers of
cats and pictures of. English would reject this
Would this sentence be a correct sentence of English sentence as a "correct"
according to a descriptive grammarian? Choose the sentence of English.
most correct answer.
11. HW 1: What does "I don't fool with them" correspond "I do not belong to their
to in Standard North American English, according to social circle"
the Philadelphia Inquirer article?
12. Both A and C.
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HW 1 :Based on the class videos and casses discussed
in the Philadelphia Inquirer article, what can you con-
clude about dialects of American English?
13. HW 1: Which statement is true about dialects of any The variety of language
language? taught in schools- the
standard language- is a
dialect. (All the statements
above are true)
14. HW 1: Based on the linguistic facts, what can be said Standard English and
about standard and non-standard variates of English? non-standard English
variates may have ditter-
ences in particular gram-
mar rules.
15. HW 1: The data from Singlish is important b/c is shows. Non-standard variates of
that... English can possess
grammatical intricacies
that are absent in the stan-
dard language.
16. HW 2: Consider a subject taking a hypothetical dichot- Yes. If language is later-
ic listening experiment. alized to the left hemi-
sphere, then the stimulus
"Sa" is played in her left ear, while "ka" is played si- presented to the right ear
multaneously in her right ear. When asked what she should be reported.
heard, the subject reports that she heard "ka".
If language is lateralized to the left hemisphere, is this
result expected? Choose the most correct answer.
17. HW 2: The Wada Test suggests that language is later- When the left hemisphere
alized to the left hemisphere because: is anesthetized, a patient
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is able to identify an object
that they held, but cannot
use language to name it.
18. HW 2: Linguistics savants are significant for the study They show that low IQ can
of language because: be accompanied by ex-
ceptional language abili-
ties.
19. HW 2: For understanding the relationship between With Williams Syndrome
language and intelligence, why is Williams Syndrome there is a dissociation
of interest? between language and
other cognitive abilities,
as people with Williams
Syndrome generally have
good language skills de-
spite a low IQ.
20. HW 2: In terms of the brain, are spoken and signed No. Signed and spoken
languages fundamentally different? languages both activate
Wernicke's Area and Bro-
ca's Area.
21. HW 2: True. An item in the
Questions 6, 7, and 8 are about the video "Communi- right visual field will be
cation Between Cerebral Hemispheres," which is avail- processed in the left
able as a part of the week 3 module. hemisphere.
#6 Consider the statement: "Joe can name items that
are presented in his right visual field." Is this state-
ment true or false? Choose the most correct answer.
22. Questions 6, 7, and 8 are about the video "Communi- Joe would respond "car,"
cation Between Cerebral Hemispheres," which is avail- because the stimulus pre-
2026 Test
1. Homework 1: Investigating human lan-
What is Linguistics? guage from a scientific
perspective
2. Homework 1: It suggests that native
In one of the lecture videos, Professor Torrance dis- speakers if a language
cusses the phenomenon of "Expletive Infixation" in know the grammar rules
English. This data is important because that they have never been
taught.
3. HW 1: Consider the following scenario: Your friend, This is an issue of linguistic
who is a French major, is telling you about her travel performance: Your friend
plans for the summer. She says, "Every day I'll be able knows English grammar
to visit McDonald's by the Eiffel Tower. They make the and recognizes that she
best McRib ever. Ahh! I can't believe I get to spend two has made a speech error.
whole months in Feris, Prance... Haha, oops! I mean
Paris, France!"
What is going on here? Pick the answer that is most
correct.
4. HW 1: The Wug Test provides evidence that.. even very young children
know the rules of their lan-
guage
5. HW 1: Children produce sentences like "Daddy goes B. Young children ac-
to work" that they have clearly never heard from their quire grammatical rules
parents. This serves as evidence for which claim(s) and sometimes overgen-
below? eralize.
6. HW 1: All languages have words, questions, and nega- Universal Grammar
tion. This fact supports the existence of:
, UCLA Ling 1 Final Practice Guide 2025-
2026 Test
7. HW 1: We know that the relation between the sound Ditterent languages have
of a word and its meaning is arbitrary because: ditterent words that refer
to the same objects/ con-
cepts.
8. HW 1: What is Uptalk? Prescriptivism: The nar-
https://youtu.be/HEfMwri22SM rator suggests how lan-
Is the discussion of getting rid of "uptalk" an example guage should be spoken
of language descriptivism or prescriptivism?
9. HW 1: What is Uptalk? Descriptive - he is explain-
https://youtu.be/HEfMwri22SM ing what the phenome-
In the video, the narrator says, "Uptalk is simply the non is, as it is used by
sound of your voice going up at the end of a sentence speakers.
or a thought, instead of down." Is this a descriptive
or prescriptive statement? Choose the most correct
answer.
10. Hw 1: No. A descriptive gram-
Consider the example sentence (1) and then answer marian would judge this
the question below. sentence to be incorrect
(1) At the museum, Eunhye looked at the pictures if b/c native speakers of
cats and pictures of. English would reject this
Would this sentence be a correct sentence of English sentence as a "correct"
according to a descriptive grammarian? Choose the sentence of English.
most correct answer.
11. HW 1: What does "I don't fool with them" correspond "I do not belong to their
to in Standard North American English, according to social circle"
the Philadelphia Inquirer article?
12. Both A and C.
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HW 1 :Based on the class videos and casses discussed
in the Philadelphia Inquirer article, what can you con-
clude about dialects of American English?
13. HW 1: Which statement is true about dialects of any The variety of language
language? taught in schools- the
standard language- is a
dialect. (All the statements
above are true)
14. HW 1: Based on the linguistic facts, what can be said Standard English and
about standard and non-standard variates of English? non-standard English
variates may have ditter-
ences in particular gram-
mar rules.
15. HW 1: The data from Singlish is important b/c is shows. Non-standard variates of
that... English can possess
grammatical intricacies
that are absent in the stan-
dard language.
16. HW 2: Consider a subject taking a hypothetical dichot- Yes. If language is later-
ic listening experiment. alized to the left hemi-
sphere, then the stimulus
"Sa" is played in her left ear, while "ka" is played si- presented to the right ear
multaneously in her right ear. When asked what she should be reported.
heard, the subject reports that she heard "ka".
If language is lateralized to the left hemisphere, is this
result expected? Choose the most correct answer.
17. HW 2: The Wada Test suggests that language is later- When the left hemisphere
alized to the left hemisphere because: is anesthetized, a patient
, UCLA Ling 1 Final Practice Guide 2025-
2026 Test
is able to identify an object
that they held, but cannot
use language to name it.
18. HW 2: Linguistics savants are significant for the study They show that low IQ can
of language because: be accompanied by ex-
ceptional language abili-
ties.
19. HW 2: For understanding the relationship between With Williams Syndrome
language and intelligence, why is Williams Syndrome there is a dissociation
of interest? between language and
other cognitive abilities,
as people with Williams
Syndrome generally have
good language skills de-
spite a low IQ.
20. HW 2: In terms of the brain, are spoken and signed No. Signed and spoken
languages fundamentally different? languages both activate
Wernicke's Area and Bro-
ca's Area.
21. HW 2: True. An item in the
Questions 6, 7, and 8 are about the video "Communi- right visual field will be
cation Between Cerebral Hemispheres," which is avail- processed in the left
able as a part of the week 3 module. hemisphere.
#6 Consider the statement: "Joe can name items that
are presented in his right visual field." Is this state-
ment true or false? Choose the most correct answer.
22. Questions 6, 7, and 8 are about the video "Communi- Joe would respond "car,"
cation Between Cerebral Hemispheres," which is avail- because the stimulus pre-
