Introduction to Sociolinguistics

The following statements are correct about sociolinguistics, except .....

• It studies the relationship between language and  society

• It studies about language variation

• It studies the origin of language in society

• It could uncover someone's identity through the language he/she used.

The father of sociolinguistics is .........

• William Labov

• William Shakespeare

• Noam Chomsky

• Janet Holmes

Based on sociolinguistics study, there are some factors that influence someone's performance in using language, except ......

• Gender

• Social Status

• Education Level

• Mental State

The variety within the language in society can be in form of following aspects, except .......

• Sound

• Lexis

• Structure

• history

There are four social factors that influence us to say the same things in different ways, except ........

• Topic

• Motivation

• Setting

• Participant

A regional or social variety of a language distinguished by pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary is called ........

• Accent

• Dialect

• Variety

• Code

A set of skills and knowledge a person has of one or more languages, as well as their different varieties is called ......

• Linguistic competence

• Linguistic Performance

• Linguistic Repertoire

• Linguistic

  varieties

Which one of the following is not included in language use domain ?

• Family

• School

• Religion

• Friendship

The following statements are correct about diglossia, except ....

• This situation happened in monolingual speech community

• One language is regarded as a high (or H) variety and the other a low (or L) variety.

• No one uses the H variety in everyday conversation.

• There are two distinct varieties of the same language used in the community.

Someone switch or mix his/her codes for some functions, except .....

• Solidarity

• Affective

• Personal

• Rhetoric