ESL101_Unit1_What do sociolinguists study?

Full name

1. A form of a language that people speak in a particular part of a country, containing some different words and grammar and other features.

• language
• dialect
• jargon
• official language

2. Special words and phrases that are used by particular groups of people, especially in their work.

• language
• dialect
• jargon
• official language

3. The study of language in relation to social factors, including differences of regional, class, and occupational dialect, gender differences, and bilingualism.

• sociocultural
• sociolinguistics
• sociology
• socio-dynamics

4. Very informal language that is usually spoken rather than written, used especially by particular groups of people.

• jargon
• slang
• dialect
• colloquial

5. The study of sounds in a particular language or in languages generally.

• phonics
• phoneme
• phonology
• morphology

6. A language used for communication between groups of people who speak different languages.

• Lingua franca
• Dialect
• Official language
• native language

7. The fact or official policy of using two languages in a country, region, etc. and giving them equal importance.

• regionalism
• bilingualism
• official language
• lingua france

8. A person or a group of people) Able to use more than two languages for communication, written or spoken in more than two different languages:

• monolingual
• trilingual
• multilingual
• bilingual

9. It involves adjusting one's style of speech, appearance, behavior, and expression in ways that will optimize the comfort of others in exchange for fair treatment, quality service, and employment opportunities.

• code-shifting
• code-switching
• coding
• code-mixing