SOCIAL IMPACT

What do we call a variety of a language that signals where a person comes from? "discourse, language, to talk."

• society

• dialect

• idiolect

• pidgin

• creole

A _____________ is a type of natural language that developed historically from a pidgin and came into existence at a fairly precise point in time.

• society

• dialect

• idiolect

• pidgin

• creole

The dialect of an individual person at one time. This term implies an awareness that no two people speak in exactly the same way.

• society

• dialect

• idiolect

• pidgin

• creole

A language is merely one special variety of code. It is an abstract ____________ which happens to be accepted arbitrarily in the community which uses it.

• system

• code

• register

• style

The origins of English are related to the Germanic tribes invasion to Britain.

• true

• false

In history, English has been classified, according to different changes and advancements, into old English, middle English, early modern English, and late modern English.

• true

• false

With time English has developed many different varieties. American English is one of the most common ones. Mention another variety based on the image.

According to the history of English and its evolution The Great Vowel Shift began in ___________.

The Kachru's model includes an inner, an outer, and an expanding circle. Foreign languages are included in ______________.

• the inner circle

• the expanding circle

• the outer circle

The main differences in English varieties are most common in terms of accents, spelling, and grammar. In grammar specifically these varieties are more obvious in ____________.

• meaning

• usage

• mixture