Sociolinguistics Quiz

What do sociolinguists study?

• Animals

• Mathematics

• The relationship between language and society

• The weather

Why do we speak differently in different situations?

• Because we are hungry

• Because we are tired

• Because of social context

• Because we want to

What is a speech community?

• A group of people who play sports

• A group of people who eat together

• A group of people who use language in a unique way

• A group of people who sing

What is a dialect?

• A type of food

• A type of dance

• A form of language specific to a region

• A kind of music

What does jargon refer to?

• A type of game

• A kind of animal

• Language belonging to a particular group

• A type of clothing

What is an accent?

• A type of book

• A type of fruit

• Phonetic qualities of a language variety

• A kind of toy

What is code-switching?

• Switching games

• Moving from one language to another

• Changing clothes

• Changing the weather

What is a lingua franca?

• A kind of food

• A language used for communication between different language users

• A type of animal

• A type of music

What does bilingual mean?

• Speaking one language

• Speaking three languages

• Speaking two languages

• Speaking no languages

What is a pidgin?

• A language with no native speakers

• A type of bird

• A type of game

• A kind of plant