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How did Webster's Third label the word ain't?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the first critical step of language description?Read the answer and worked solution →Which kind of speech do descriptive fieldworkers prefer?Read the answer and worked solution →In schedule controlled elicitation, what does the researcher use?Read the answer and worked solution →Which branch deals with the function and interpretation of sound in language?Read the answer and worked solution →Why is academic linguistic research called descriptive?Read the answer and worked solution →The grammar–translation method derives from teaching which languages?Read the answer and worked solution →One goal of grammar–translation classes was developing what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which language do grammar–translation classes usually use?Read the answer and worked solution →Which skills were largely overlooked in grammar–translation classes?Read the answer and worked solution →More attention in grammar–translation goes to what in translated sentences?Read the answer and worked solution →What did Richards and Rodgers say of grammar–translation?Read the answer and worked solution →Reformers like Jespersen urged teaching what?Read the answer and worked solution →Communicative language teaching emphasizes what as both means and goal?Read the answer and worked solution →Before CLT, which competence had top priority?Read the answer and worked solution →How does CLT position the teacher?Read the answer and worked solution →What does the Dogme approach say stifles communication?Read the answer and worked solution →In Bachman's survey, where does grammatical competence fall?Read the answer and worked solution →Michael Swan said CLT's focus on function can leave which gap?Read the answer and worked solution →Elaine Ridge criticised CLT for implying consensus on defining what?Read the answer and worked solution →A critique of CLT says incorrect utterances pass if what holds?Read the answer and worked solution →

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How did Webster's Third label the word ain't?

  1. Nonstandard
  2. Improper
  3. Illiterate
  4. Incorrect
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Correct answer: A. Nonstandard

1. Webster's Third used a descriptive approach. 2. It labelled ain't as nonstandard. 3. Older prescriptive dictionaries used harsher terms like improper, incorrect or illiterate. _Source: Wikipedia, Linguistic description, Descriptive versus prescriptive linguistics_

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What is the first critical step of language description?

  1. Writing a grammar
  2. Collecting data
  3. Teaching rules
  4. Coining terms
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Correct answer: B. Collecting data

1. Description begins with fieldwork in a speech community. 2. The first critical step is to collect data. 3. Writing a grammar comes later, and teaching rules is prescriptive. _Source: Wikipedia, Linguistic description, Methods_

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Which kind of speech do descriptive fieldworkers prefer?

  1. Rehearsed formal speech
  2. Translated written texts
  3. Spontaneous natural speech
  4. Dictated spelling lists
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Correct answer: C. Spontaneous natural speech

1. Researchers record samples from different speakers. 2. Speech that comes naturally is preferred, with elicitation used as a supplement. 3. Rehearsed, translated or dictated material is less natural. _Source: Wikipedia, Linguistic description, Methods_

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