Sociolinguistics part 1

The individual language has...

• individual language features

• lexical, grammatical, and stylistic features

• none

One way of classifying language varieties is according to...

• the user and the use of language

• grammar

• none

Speech acts theory was proposed by...

• Searle

• Austin

• Both

The common features of all the varieties of one language...

• the common core of that language

• the common use of that language

• the common form of that language

Speech event theory was propounded by...

• Searle

• Hymes

• Austin

The spoken language differs from the written language...

• phonetically

• morphologically

• lexically

• syntactically

Norms has to do with...

• genre

• setting

• the reactions given to the things being communicated

The spoken language has a considerable advantage over the written because of such factors as...

• careful organization and explaination

• human voice and gestures

• both

Speech acts and speech events relate to...

• language application in every society

• speech communities

• linguistic communication

What is the most striking difference btw the spoken and written language?

• the vocabulary used

• the grammar used

• the context used