Dialects (2)

What is a dialect?

• A regionally or socially distinctive variety of language

• A form of language that is written down

• A type of language that is spoken by a small group of people

• A language that is understood by everyone

What is the main reason why Mandarin and Cantonese are considered dialects of Chinese?

• They are mutually intelligible in their spoken form

• They have the same vocabulary

• They share the same written language

• They share the same pronunciation

What is the systematic study of all forms of dialect, especially regional dialect, called?

• Dialectology

• Sociolinguistics

• Linguistic geography

• Dialect geography

What method of dialect analysis measures the linguistic 'distance' between localities in a dialect region?

• Traditional dialectology

• Perceptual dialectology

• Dialectometry

• Structural dialectology

What term is used to refer to dialects that identify where a person is from?

• Social dialects

• Regional dialects

• Sociolect

• Class dialects

What is the term used to refer to the distinctive language of a particular professional group?

• Historical dialect

• Social dialect

• Temporal dialect

• Occupational dialect

What is the opposite situation to the 'dialects' of Chinese?

• Mandarin and Cantonese

• Swedes, Norwegians, and Danes

• Lord Peter Wimsey

• English dialects

What is the application of dialectological methods to the study of social structure called?

• Dialectology

• Social dialectology

• Sociolinguistics

• Dialect geography

What is the statistical method of dialect analysis developed in the 1970s?

• Dialectometry

• Traditional dialectology

• Structural dialectology

• Perceptual dialectology

What is the term used to refer to the unwritten languages of developing countries?

• Regional dialect

• Occupational dialect

• Temporal dialect

• Historical dialect