Sociolinguistics

Sociolinguistics is most appropriately defined as which of these?

• The study of human behavior

• The scientific study of language usage

• The study of animal vocalizations

• The scientific study of vocal sounds

. The linguistic term "code-switching" refers to which of the following?

• The use of jargon within a language

• A speaker's use of more than one language, dialect or register in an utterance or interaction

• A type of cryptology

• Using a secret or exclusive language in certain circumstances

A person who speaks three languages fluently is most properly referred to by which of these terms?

• Multilingual

• Extralingual

• Magnalingual

• Bilingual

Which of the following would NOT be considered a part of sociolinguistics?

• The study of socioeconomic and/or political power factors and their influence on language change.

• The study of the attitudes of people towards certain speech characteristics

• The study of the sounds in spoken language

• The general perception of a dialect within a society

To what does the term "lingua franca" refer?

• A shared language primarily used for business, education or political reasons.

• Speaking bluntly or directly

• Speaking French

• A dialect spoken in the Franconian region of Germany

"Pidgin" most closely refers to:

• An extinct Native American language

• A language group in central Africa

• People who speak multiple dialects

• A rudimentary language used primarily for business/trade interactions

a creole language is

• a mixed language with a simplified grammar that people rarely learn as a mother tongue

• slang language

• a pidgin language

• a language of mixed origin that developed from complex blending of two parent languages

Linguistic relativity is

• the idea that people speaking different languages perceive the world differently

• the idea how sociocultural norms and context shape language use in society

• the ideologies of people have superiority of one dialect and inferiority of others

• the idea that some languages are more complex so their user are smart

Speech is a social activity in a sense that writing is not

• yes

• No

• to some extent

Changing from one language or dialect to another according to the context in which one is speaking is known as

• Syntax

• Code switching

• ethnosemantics

• creolization