Sociolinguistics Quiz

What were the three variables studied by Peter Trudgill in the Norwich speech?

• ‘n’, ‘t’, ‘h’

• ‘ng’, ‘water’, ‘have’

• ‘walking’, ‘running’, ‘bottle’

• ‘h’, ‘t’, ‘n’

According to Trudgill's study, which social class had the highest percentage of using the nonstandard -in' forms?

• Middle classes

• Lower middle classes

• Upper working classes

• Lower working classes

What did Trudgill's study reveal about the use of the standard -ing form in Norwich based on gender?

• Men used it more than women in all social classes

• Women used it more than men in all social classes

• Men and women used it equally in all social classes

• Men and women used it differently based on social class

What did Malcolm Petyt's study find about h-dropping and social class?

• The higher the social class, the more likely they were to h-drop

• The lower the social class, the more likely they were to h-drop

• There was no correlation between h-dropping and social class

• H-dropping was more common among women than men

According to Lesley Milroy's study, what type of social networks are said to function as norm-enforcement mechanisms?

• Closed networks

• Open networks

• High density networks

• Low density networks

In Milroy's study, what was the correlation between a high Network Strength Score and the use of vernacular or non-standard forms?

• High Network Strength Score correlated with the use of standard forms

• High Network Strength Score correlated with the use of non-standard forms

• There was no correlation between Network Strength Score and the use of vernacular or non-standard forms

• Network Strength Score only correlated with the use of vernacular forms in men

In the Hammer and the Clonard communities, why did more women tend to use the non-standard form of (a) as in hat?

• They belonged to tight-knit social networks

• They had higher Network Strength Scores

• They were influenced by men's speech

• They were forced to look for work outside the community

What did Milroy's study reveal about the use of vernacular or non-standard forms in women's speech?

• Women used vernacular forms more than men

• Women used standard forms more than men

• There was no difference in the use of vernacular forms between men and women

• The use of vernacular forms in women's speech varied based on social class

What was the unemployment rate in the Hammer and the Clonard communities?

• Around 35%

• Around 50%

• Around 20%

• Around 10%

What did the young Clonard women in Milroy's study have in common?

• They belonged to a dense and multiplex network

• They had low Network Strength Scores

• They used standard forms more than non-standard forms

• They were linguistically homogeneous