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A-level English Language: Accent & Dialect Vocabulary Week 2

Authored by Jancke Dunn

English

11th - 12th Grade

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A-level English Language: Accent & Dialect Vocabulary Week 2
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the meaning of Discourse?

The study of the sound system in the language and the effects of its particular features

An evidence-based approach to language that describes, in an objective manner, how language is being used

A unit of language longer than a single sentence. To study discourse is to analyse the use of spoken or written language in a social context

Delivery of high social status through use of non-standard forms

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the meaning of Descriptivism?

The study of the sound system in the language and the effects of its particular features

An evidence-based approach to language that describes, in an objective manner, how language is being used

A unit of language longer than a single sentence. To study discourse is to analyse the use of spoken or written language in a social context

A sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves towards another. Known also as a gliding vowel

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the meaning of Prescriptivism?

The study of the sound system in the language and the effects of its particular features

An evidence-based approach to language that describes, in an objective manner, how language is being used

The establishment of rules defining preferred or correct usage of language, sometimes informed by linguistic purism

A sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves towards another. Known also as a gliding vowel

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

BONUS: Which Prescriptivist coined the phrase 'Proper English' in 2009?

Jean Aitcheson

John Edwards

Jonathan Swift

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

BONUS: What is this linguistic difference in perspective based on?

Wealth and Class

Deficiency and Superiority

Correctness

Prestige and Social Identity

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the meaning of Dipthong?

The study of the sound system in the language and the effects of its particular features

Where a speaker actively distances himself/herself from another speaker by accentuating their own accent or dialect

Refers to a dialect used by a culturally powerful group

A sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves towards another. Known also as a gliding vowel

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the meaning of Diagraph?

Representing the sound of a diphthong or single vowel (as in feat)

The study of the sound system in the language and the effects of its particular features

Refers to a dialect used by a culturally powerful group

A sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves towards another. Known also as a gliding vowel

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

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