SOCIOLINGUISTICS QUIZ

Sociolinguistics is a blending of two words in English, they are ...

• society and linguistics

• socials and linguistics

• sociology and language

• sociology and linguistics

Sociolinguistics is a study about ...

• how language and society interact

• the relation of language and society

• language use in society

• all true

Different society produces different ...

• people

• forms of language

• time

• products

Here below is the social factors in determining language use, except ...

• Power

• Identity

• Opinion

• Socialization

Ethnic, gender, education, and religion are parts of what social factor?

• Characters

• Power

• Identity

• Opinion

The weakest claim among relation concept of language and society in Sociolinguistics is ...

• No relationship at all between language and society

• linguistic structure influences social structure

• social structure influences linguistic structure

• language and society influence each other

Individuals often change their speech style based on the social context, audience, and purpose of communication. It reflects the speaker's awareness of social norms and expectations. These refers to principle of ...

• cumulative

• uniformation

• style-shifting

• formality

The difference between sociolinguistics and sociology of language mainly relies on ...

• sociolinguistics focuses on culture, while sociology of language neglects the concept of culture

• sociolinguistics is macro and sociology of language is micro

• sociolinguistics studied society to understand language better, while sociology of language studied language to get a better understanding on society

• sociolinguistics is science, sociology of language is not science

Language may change based on four aspects except ...

• region to region

• situation to situation

• social class to social class

• technology to technology

Language has to have 'living' community that actively use it in daily communication is a criteria of determining a language which is ...

• de facto norms

• autonomy

• standardization

• vitality