Test 1

Sociolinguistics is

• the study of language

• concerned with the relationship between different social contexts and the way that people speak

• the study about language within the society

• about different socail and cultural patterns

Sociolinguistics deals with the following academic disciplines

• anthropology

• cultural studies

• social psychology

• all mentioned above

What factors cause language to vary? (at least two)

Provide some examples of linguistic varieties (dialects, accents, professional slang)

Accent can be identified by

• pronunciation

• grammar

• lexis

• tone

What is dialect? (your own explanation)

If a language variety is highly admired within the society, it is said to have

• overt prestige

• covert prestige

• standardization

• popularity

Come up with some examples of dialects that have covert prestige (at least one example)

The founder of the term 'linguistic variable' is

• Lesley Milroy

• James Milroy

• Peter Trudgill

• William Labov

Labov's experiment in New York has demonstrated that

• all sellers pronounced 'r' sound

• none of the sellers pronounced 'r' sound

• the higher the class of the store - the more sellers pronounced 'r'

• the higher the class of the store - fewer sellers pronounced 'r'