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Speech Communities

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The denifition of speech community is debated in many__________.

a)

sociolinguistic literatures

b)

sociolinguistic areas

c)

sociolinguistic speech

2.

The concept of community speech doesn’t reflect what people do and know when they interact with one another.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

3.

Each residential community has its ________ mix and no language equates in distribution to a specific residential community.

a)

unique monolingual

b)

unique bilingual

c)

unique multilingual

4.

It is in the best interests of most people to be able to identify themselves on one occasion as members of one group and on another as members of another group.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

5.

In the multiple and intersecting forms of structural discrimination, it’s important for us to ______ different communities’ experiences with culture, policies, and media.

a)

investigating thoroughly

b)

ignoring

c)

working together to incorporate

6.

The denifition of speech community is debated in many sociolinguistic literatures.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

7.

Even the linguistic norms themselves may vary considerably among_______.

a)

small sub-groups

b)

different sub-groups

c)

fragmented sub-groups

8.

People who go to school and play together participate in a dense multiplex network.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

9.

Information flows to a closed network tends to ________ and ________.

a)

redundant/ efficient

b)

necessary/ efficient

c)

redundant/ inefficient

10.

The concept of speech repertoires is useful when applied to groups rather than to individuals.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE