What is the main focus of sociolinguistics?

Sociolinguistics Multiple Choice Quiz

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Grammar rules of a language
Historical development of a language
The relationship between language and society
Language teaching techniques
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Who is known as one of the pioneers in sociolinguistics?
Ferdinand de Saussure
William Labov
Noam Chomsky
Dell Hymes
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Sociolinguistics studies language use based on...
Phonetic rules
Sentence structures
Social and cultural conditions
Word origins
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following is not a subject of sociolinguistics?
Social dialects
Sound change
Registers and language styles
Language choice in bilingual communities
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
In sociolinguistics, the term 'speech community' refers to...
A group of people who use the same language in the same way
A group of people living in the same area
A group of linguists
A group of people with different dialects
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
How does sociolinguistics differ from pure linguistics?
Sociolinguistics ignores phonology
Sociolinguistics focuses more on internal language structure
Sociolinguistics emphasizes the social use of language
Sociolinguistics is not scientific
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
One common method used in sociolinguistic research is...
Laboratory experiments
Interviews and observation
Computer phonetic analysis
Text translation
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