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Two distinct varieties of the same language are used in the community, with one regardedas a high (or H) variety and the other a low (or L) variety. This is the feature of?

• Dialect

• Style

• Diglossia

• Code-switching

Many English speaking countries are characterised as:

• Both diglossia and bilingualisb

• bilingualism without diglossia

• diglossia without bilingualism

• neither diglossia nor bilingualism

Language shift tends to be slower among communities where the minority language is highly valued

• True

• False

Languages that are usually the first languages learned by people in multilingual communities, and they are often used for a relatively narrow range of informal functions are called:

• Official languages

• Standard Languages

• Vernacular languages

• National languages

A language that is generally one which is written, and which has undergone some degree of regularisation or codification

• Standard language

• Language variety

• Vernacular language

• Local language

In World Englishes, which countries that belong to the Outer Circle?

• China, Japan, Russia

• Japan, Korea, Indonesia

• England, Australia, Canada

• Malaysia, Tanzania, Nigeria

Suppose that you are an international student studying at a UK university. You befriend people from different countries and you use English as a medium of communication. In this case, English functions as:

• international language

• lingua franca

• global language

• additional language

Official language is the language of a political, cultural and social unit.

• True

• False

What are the steps to make a language become a national official language?

• Selection, codification, elaboration, acceptance

• Selection, codification, intensification, acceptance

• Selection, modification, elaboration, acceptance

• Selection, modification, intensification, acceptance

Women use standard language more than men

• True

• False