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WorksheetsLanguage Variation
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 10mins
Language variation according to the users is called...
register
dialect
lingua franca
pidgin
Language variation according to the situations is called....
register
dialect
lingua franca
pidgin
Language can be varied in terms of....
pronunciation
vocabulary
grammar
all of the above
Which of the following is considered different languages
Thai VS Lao
Mandarin VS Cantonese
Thai VS Kham Meuang
Isan Thai VS Southern Thai
Which of the following is NOT users' social characteristics?
Social classes
Situations
Ages
Genders
What is NOT a linguistic feature of British English
The use of maize instead of corn
the pronunciation of the word 'class' as /kla:s/
The use of flat instead of apartment
The pronunciation of [r] after a vowel
Which is NOT a prominent linguistic feature of women's dialect?
Rising intonations on declarative sentences
Strong swear words
Hypercorrected grammar
Precise color terms
What is YOLO (American's slang) ?
A yogurt
You only live once
You only lie once
A bear
Which of the following is NOT a situational characteristic of language use?
Formality
The relationship between conversation participants
Speaker's hometown
The medium of communication
A linguistic feature which is mostly preferred by one particular gender of speakers is known as.....
gender-exclusive feature
gender-preferential feature
gender-excluded feature
gender-referential feature
Examples of lexical variation include
drinkin' VS drinking
I killed a snake VS A snake was killed by me.
going to VS gonna
extroverted VS friendly
Examples of syntactic variation include
drinkin' VS drinking
I killed a snake VS A snake was killed by me.
going to VS gonna
extroverted VS friendly
