Module 4 (Sociolinguistics)

1.) Would you mind if I, can I, may I and I'm just… is

that alright? are all exponents of which function?

• Offering

• Asking permission

• Complaining

We tend to order expressions and exponents by

their social setting, we talk about informal, formal

and which other word?

• Funny

• Neutral

• Equal

I don't really mind, you know what I mean? and

more or less are chunks of language which we call:

• Gossip

• Fixed expressions

• Idioms

In sociolinguistics, a group of students, a pub full

of farmers, and a kindergarten class are all examples

of:

• Audience

• Background

• Idiolect

A professional female graduate from Queensland

is information which is considered

• Background

• Motivation

• Audience

Introduction, deadline, citation, quotation,

coherence and conclusion are examples of:

• Idiolect

• Academic genre

• Jargon