Question

Read this dialog from Amy Tan's "Mother Tongue":

"Du Yusong having business like fruit stand. Like off the street kind. He is Du like Du Zong-- but not Tsung-ming Island people. The local people call putong, the river east side, he belong to that side local people. That man want to ask Du Zong father take him in like become own family. Du Zong father wasn't look down on him, but didn't take seriously, until that man big like become a mafia. Now important person, very hard to inviting him. Chinese way, came only to show respect, don't stay for dinner. Respect for making big celebration, he shows up. Mean gives lots of respect. Chinese custom. Chinese social life that way. If too important won't have to stay too long. He come to my wedding. I didn't see. I heard it. I gone to boy's side, they have YMCA dinner. Chinese age I was nineteen."

What does the language in this excerpt reveal about the speaker?

A. The speaker does not know how to speak English.
B. The speaker likes to mull over memories from back home.
C. The speaker uses expressive, if somewhat incorrect, English.
D. The speaker has mafia connections in China.
E. The speaker comes from a wealthy family.

Answer 1

The language in the above excerpt reveal about the speaker that:

C. The speaker uses expressive, if somewhat incorrect, English.

Amy Tan's essay “Mother Tongue” is about the difficulties that a child has to face if it grows in a family in which its parents speak 'limited English.' Amy's mother was among such parent who was unable to speak fluent and proper English. It is through the language that the person is judged by others. Amy was brought up by her mother and because of this, her writing style was much influenced by the language spoken at her home. Her mother taught her that a person's perception of the world is influenced by the language spoken at home.  

Answer 2

After reading the passage from "Mother Tongue," by Amy Tan, we can say the language in it reveals the following about the speaker:

C. The speaker uses expressive, if somewhat incorrect, English.

Who is the speaker in the passage?

• The speaker is the author's mother, a Chinese woman who migrated to the United States. The passage is a partial transcription of one of their conversations.

• What Tan wants to show is that her mother, although speaking non-standard English, is perfectly able to express herself.

• With that in mind, we can choose letter C as the best option concerning the language in the excerpt.

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