Language Variation and Language Varieties

What is a dialect

• Dialects are mutually unintelligible forms of a language that differs in systematic ways

• Dialects are intelligible forms of a language that differs in systematic ways

• Dialects are mutually intelligible forms of a language that differs in systematic ways

• Dialects are unintelligible forms of a language that differs in systematic ways

What factors contribute to language variation

• Geographical and social

• Social and psychological

• physical and geographical

• Geographical, Social, physical and psychological

What constitute a speech community

• A regionally or socially defined social group where the members share a language variety

• A group that share the same language, speech characteristics and identity

• Persons who know about language

• A group that does not share a language, speech characteristics and identity

What is social Network

• The relationship that does not exists among all members of a given group

• A group of social media accounts

• The relationship that exists among some members of a given group

• The social relationship that exists among all of the members of a given group

The two types of Social network are

• Density and Multiplexity

• Multiplexity and complexity

• complexity and Density

• multi-density and complexity

What is the Creole Continuum

• A spectrum of speech samples

• A continuous spectrum of speech varieties ranging from the Creole to the standard language

• A broken spectrum of speech varieties ranging from the Creole to the Standard language

• A continuous spectrum of Creole speech varieties

The main levels of the Creole continuum are

• Idiolect, Mesolect and Acrolect

• Acrolect, Mesolect and Basilect

• Sociolect, Idiolect and Acrolect

• Idiolect, Acrolect and Basilect

Ai woz waakin tu skuul is an example of what

• Basilect

• Acrolect

• Mesolect

• Idiolect

• Sociolect

Mi behn de waak go skuul is an example of what

• Acrolect

• Idiolect

• Basilect

• Mesolect

• Sociolect

Mi did a waak go skuul is an example of what

• Acrolect

• Basilect

• Idiolect

• Sociolect

• Mesolect