Linguistic

What is linguistic?

• scientific study of language

• scientific study of society

• scientific study of mind

• scientific study of brain

Dialect is the ........ variety of language.

• social

• regional

• linguistic

• personal

What is ideolect?

• regional variety of language

• personal variety of language

• scientificvariety of language

• general variety of language

What is the primary focus of sociolinguistics?

• study of language in social context

• study of language history

• study of language structure

• study of language acquisition

Which term describes a language that is specific to a particular group?

• jargon

• pidgin

• creole

• slang

What does the term 'register' refer to in linguistics?

• variation in language use

• the phonetic alphabet

• the study of dialects

• the history of a language

What is the term for a language that develops from a mixture of different languages?

• pidgin

• jargon

• creole

• dialect

Which of the following is a characteristic of a sociolect?

• used by a specific social group

• used in formal settings

• used in written language

• used in a specific region

What does the term 'code-switching' refer to in linguistics?

• changing languages in conversation

• mixing dialects in speech

• using slang in formal writing

• adopting a regional accent