WorksheetsSpoken Language and Social Groups AICE A Level English Lang
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Context
A type of linguistic change in which language comes to structurally resemble one another as a result of prolonged language contact and mutual interference
The circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed.
when a term acquires a broader meaning (i.e. “dog” used to refer to a specific breed of dog but now refers to all breeds)
Adjusting our speech to be distinct from others (usually to indicate greater status, like a boss to an employee)
Amelioration
a term acquires a less broad meaning (i.e. meat used to mean any sort of food, but now refers only to food of an animal origin).
when a term acquires a negative association (i.e. silly used to mean “happy, blissful” but now is more negative meaning immature or not-serious.)
when a term acquires a positive association. (i.e. the word “nice” used to mean “foolish.”)
A type of linguistic change in which language comes to structurally resemble one another as a result of prolonged language contact and mutual interference
Widening
when a term acquires a broader meaning (i.e. “dog” used to refer to a specific breed of dog but now refers to all breeds)
Adjusting our speech to be distinct from others (usually to indicate greater status, like a boss to an employee)
when a term acquires a positive association. (i.e. the word “nice” used to mean “foolish.”)
a term acquires a less broad meaning (i.e. meat used to mean any sort of food, but now refers only to food of an animal origin).
when a term acquires a negative association (i.e. silly used to mean “happy, blissful” but now is more negative meaning immature or not-serious.)
CAT
Amelioration
Widening
Pejoration
Argues that when people interact they adjust their speech, vocal patterns, and their gestures, to accommodate others.
CAT
Convergence
Divergence
Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
a term acquires a less broad meaning (i.e. meat used to mean any sort of food, but now refers only to food of an animal origin).
Widening
Narrowing
Shortening
Pejoration
Adjusting our speech to be distinct from others (usually to indicate greater status, like a boss to an employee)
Narrowing
Widening
Convergence
Divergence
A type of linguistic change in which language comes to structurally resemble one another as a result of prolonged language contact and mutual interference
Convergence
Divergence
CAT
Widening
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
Men are less likely to give supportive feedback.
Women tend to be more conversationally cooperative.
Women do the "hard work" in conversations by asking questions.
Women tend to be more bland and coarse in their conversations.
Family, travel, education, region, peer group, etc of an individual would impact which one of
these
Sociolect
Dialect
Idiolect
