Socilolinguistics (Thursday: 01.06.2023)

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Variasi bahasa yang digunakan oleh kelompok sosial tertentu.

Fenomena perubahan arti kata dari waktu ke waktu.

This process brings to a language a uniformity and consistent norm and form of writing and speaking, and the promotion of uniformity and consistency usually entails the reduction or elimination of variation.

It is language variation which reflects changes in situational factors, such as addressee, setting, task or topic.

Dialect known as standard language and accent is known as regional variation.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Standardisation occurs when a society take a language with high prestige.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Sociolinguistics is branch of linguistics dealing with the influence of the culture on language.

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• FALSE

Formality is a factor of the social dimension in communication that indicates .......

• the amount of information being shared in a discourse.

• the social ranking

• how well we know someone

• none

’Anahina is a bilingual Tongan New Zealander living in Auckland. At home, with her

family she uses Tongan almost exclusively for a wide range of topics. She often talks to

her grandmother about Tongan customs, for instance. With her mother, she exchanges

gossip about Tongan friends and relatives. Tongan is the language the family uses at

mealtimes. They discuss what they have been doing, plan family outings and share

information about Tongan social events. It is only with her older sisters that she uses

some English words when they are talking about school or doing their homework.

Which language is the dominant language used?

• English

• Tongan

• None

• Both