LANG7510 Week 6 Review

An example of a social identity is...

• region

• occupation

A variety of language unique to an individual is called an...

• identitilect

• idiosyncrasy

• ideolect

Which of these varieties would be more different?

• Regional variation in the UK

• Regional variation in the USA

A model of describing the relation between regional and social variation is ......... shaped

• square

• triangle

• circle

If a person in the UK speaks with a regional accent it is 'unlikely' that they belong to the 'upper class'

• True

• False

An example of a dependent variable in a sociolinguistic study might be...

• a particular region

• social class

• the postvocalic [r]

The observation of an event influenced by the presence of the observer is known as...

• The observer's mistake

• The observer's paradox

How might you mitigate the effects of the observer in a sociolinguistic study?

• Tell the participant you are recording them

• Leave the room when recording a participant

• Let the participant conduct the study in your place