CHAPTER 6 REGIONAL VARIATIONS

These two sentences: “You don’t know what you’re talking about” and “Ye dinnae ken whit yer haverin’ aboot” have the same _______________.

• Dialect

• Meaning

• Vocab

Received Pronunciation is the accent of ______________ and ________________ members of English society.

• the best educated and most prestigious

• No education background and lowest class

The example of caste system in India are different languages used by Brahmin and non-Brahmin.

• FALSE

• TRUE

People of the higher social groups use more vernacular grammatical form rather than the standard grammatical form.

• FALSE

• TRUE

Pronouncing vocalic [r] is considered prestigious all around the world.

• TRUE

• FALSE

People from ________ social groups use more vernacular [in] variant than those from the __________ groups.

• lower, higher

• higher, lower

the variety of a language treated as the official language and used in public broadcasting, publishing and education

• Language planning

• Isoglass

• Standard language

the ability to communicate in two languages

• Bilingualism

• Bidialectal

• Bilingual

What is meant by the "standard language"?

• A language variety spoken by a small, elite group within a society.

• A language considered inferior by speakers.

• A language variety heavily influenced by foreign languages.

• An idealized variety associated with administrative, commercial, education.

What aspect is the difference between dialect and accent?

• grammar

• pronunciation

• vocabulary

• language use