WEs Review

a bundle of phonological, morphological, syntactic and/or lexical features used in a geographical area or by a social group is called...

• an accent

• a variety

• a dialect

• a variant

Many varieties share similar features, but the combination of features, their _________ and the linguistic context in which they occur differ.

• characteristics

• type

• frequency

• accent

One special category of World Englishes that tend to share similar features and arise in extreme language contact situations is...

• creoles

• Asian Englishes

• Immigrant English

• Standard English

Which of the following is NOT a corpus containing various World Englishes

• ICE

• GLoWbE

• BNC

• IDEA

Which of the following is NOT a model of WEs:

• ENL/ESL/EFL

• Organon Model

• EIF Model

• Three Concentric Circles Model

What is ELF?

• English used in Linguistic Functions

• English as a Language For all

• Everyone has Linguistic Freedom

• English as a Lingua Franca

Which circle is considered to be norm-dependent?

• The Inner Circle

• The Outer Circle

• The Expanding Circle

Which model of WEs is depicted here?

• ENL/ESL/EFL

• the English Language Complex

• Schneider's Dynamic Model

• EIF Model

Which of the 5 phases in Schneider's Dynamic Model is of the most interest to linguists?

• Phase 3 - Nativization

• Phase 1 - Foundation

• Phase 5 - Differentiation

(1) And I’m not sayin this just cause I'm a LSU fan […]

(2) I'm absolutely not saying not to talk to the police […]

Variation here occurs at which level of language?

• syntax

• lexicon

• pragmatics

• phonology