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Diglossia

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The term linguistics repertoire refers to

a)

a set of linguistic forms used under specific social circumstances

b)

a set of skills and knowledge a person has of one or more languages

c)

A social factor

d)

a scale related to purpose of communication

2.

In monolingual speech communities, the choice of linguistic repertoire is made of

a)

one single language

b)

two languages

c)

Varieties of one single language

d)

none of the answers

3.

in multilingual speech communities a choice of linguistics repertoire is made up of

a)

several languages and all linguistics varieties of all these languages

b)

several languages

c)

two languages

d)

none of the answers

4.

The domain of language use indicates social context of interaction

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Typical domains in speech communities include

a)

employment

b)

religion

c)

education

d)

any of the previous option

6.

Each domain has distinctive, domain-specific factors

a)

addressee

b)

setting

c)

topic

d)

All of the options

7.

diglossia is a situation in which two distinct varieties of a language are spoken within the same speech community

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Diglossia is a characteristic of speech individuals rather than communities

a)

True

b)

False

9.

The term diglossia describes societal or institutionalised bilingualism, where two varieties are required to cover all the community’s domains.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

in context of diglossia, two distinct varieties of the same language are used in community

a)

high variety

b)

low variety

c)

both of the options

d)

none none of the options

11.

The term polyglossia has been used for situations where a community regularly uses more than three languages

a)

True

b)

False