Pib 2017 quiz

Ethnicity includes these characteristics (except)

• native language

• cultural practices

• citizenship

can linguistic differences symbolize ethnicity?

• yes

• no

identify the ethnicity based on the linguistic features below:

- multiple negation

-absence of verb to be

• African American Vernacular English

• British Black English

• Standard English

• Maori

Mark and Johnny are classmates at school. They are also team mates for soccer matches during the weekends.

based on the situation what relation of social network do they have?

• Uni-plex and dense

• Uni-plex and less dense

• Multiplex and dense

• Multiplex and less dense

Do you know ways in which language changes spread?

• From group to group: socially, regionally, or age group

• From word to word: lexical diffusion

• From gender to gender: different language preference

• From style to style: formally vs. casually

Can you choose ways in which language varies

• Culturally: Cultural variation

• In physical space: regional variation

• Socially: social variation

• Over time: language variation

Koineisation is the result of the contact of different ___.

• dialects

• social networks

• ethnicity

• life style

when a standard/prestige form occurs more often in a speech than younger people, it means

• language is changing

• younger people have forgotten their roots

• a new form is introduced

• older people need to relearn the language

what are the reasons for language change?

• SOCIAL STATUS AND LANGUAGE CHANGE

• RACE AND LANGUAGE CHANGE

• INTERACTION AND LANGUAGE CHANGE

• GENDER AND LANGUAGE CHANGE

Can women introduce vernacular variants?

• In some areas, yes

• Yes

• no