Linguistic Theory

Linguistic Theory

12th Grade

15 Qs

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Linguistic Theory

Linguistic Theory

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English

12th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who conducted the Milton Keynes study on koineization?

Kerswill and Williams

William Labov

Milroy

Howard Giles

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did the Milton Keynes Study observe about children's language?

Children develop social identity quickly.

Children do not converge towards simple forms.

Children prefer marked regional forms.

Children have a strong attachment to their caregivers throughout adolescence.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Labov's 1966 New York Study focus on?

Use of dialect maps.

Frequency of use of the prestige variable final -r

the omission of the initial -h sound

The exaggeration of speech tendencies.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did the small group of fishermen in Martha's Vineyard study aim to establish?

Themselves as an independent social group with superior status.

A new language.

Themselves as a subordinate social group.

A connection with summer visitors.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does Ian Cushing's study on the Word Gap in England's social policy discuss?

The use of the prestige variable final -r with the level of formality and social class.

Identified 11 non-standard features and measured their frequency of use in boys and girls.

How word gap ideologies and interventions are tethered to colonial logics.

A small group of fishermen exaggerated a tendency in their speech.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the Exchange Structure Theory by Couthard, Sinclair and Brazil focus on?

Maxims of quality, relevance, manner, quantity

Speech functions - illocutionary, perlocutionary, locutionary

Adjacency pairs, three-part structures

Positive/negative politeness

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the main idea of Frame and Schema Theory by Goffman, Minsky and Gumperz?

Positive/negative politeness

maxims of quality, relevance, quantity, manner

Using contextual clues to perform a 'script' or mental set of conversations

Speech functions, illocutionary, perlocutionary, locutionary

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