141 Language and Power Quiz

What is the connection between language and power?

• Language only influences personal communication

• Power has no relation to language use

• Language can be used to influence, control, and shape social dynamics

• Language has no influence on power dynamics

Which type of power is demonstrated by promising rewards or benefits through language to motivate compliance or support?

• Referent Power

• Expert Power

• Reward Power

• Coercive Power

What linguistic feature is often associated with formal writing and signals education and intellectual prowess?

• Politeness Strategies

• Accent and Pronunciation

• Syntax and Sentence Structure

• Exclusive Language

How do higher socioeconomic classes tend to use vocabulary and register compared to lower socioeconomic classes?

• Lower classes use a more extensive and nuanced vocabulary, employing formal registers, while higher classes use a more straightforward vocabulary and may employ informal registers

• Higher classes use a more extensive and nuanced vocabulary, employing formal registers, while lower classes use a more straightforward vocabulary and may employ informal registers

• Both classes use the same vocabulary and register

• Higher classes use informal registers, while lower classes use formal registers

What is the term for a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing?

• Politeness Strategies

• Euphemism

• Syntax and Sentence Structure

• Exclusive Language

Which type of power is demonstrated by using threats or forceful language to make others comply?

• Reward Power

• Referent Power

• Expert Power

• Coercive Power

What is the term for the ability to navigate formal and informal registers in language based on context?

• Code-Switching

• Cultural Capital

• Informational Power

• Persuasive Power

Which type of power is demonstrated by controlling and disseminating information strategically to shape perceptions and control the narrative?

• Legitimate Power

• Persuasive Power

• Informational Power

• Reward Power