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Worksheetsregional and social dialects
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Dialect is a part of the accent. It can be distinguished by their ________, vocabulary, and influenced by their geographical area
morpheme
grammar
pronunciation
affixes
The northern England English speaker tends to drop the initial ___ to determine their socio-economic and background
t
h
l
r
__________ is a variety of dialects spoken across a large geographical region with only minor differences as they are close geographically.
Monolingualism
Regional dialects
Intro-continental variation
Direct chain
Social class can be defined as a shorthand term for differences between people which are associated with differences in social prestige, ____________ and education.
regional
location
geographical
wealth
There are three core elements in social class dialects subtopics which are vocabulary,
____________ and grammatical patterns.
pronunciation
social dialects
social variation
regional variation
In Caste dialect, people can be grouped based on similar ________ and ________ factors.
I. Politic
II. Social
III. Economic
IV. Community
I and II
II and III
III and IV
I and IV
What are examples of caste dialects?
I. Brahmin
II. Javanese
III. Vaisha
IV. Sundra
I and II
II and III
III and IV
I and IV
A way of pronouncing words that occur among the people in a particular region or country.
Dialect
Accent
Rhotic
Slang
A variant that combines pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary from southeastern and non-regional English.
Non-standard English
Estuary English
Social Dialect
Received Pronunciation
What is the difference between accents and dialects?
accents have to do with pronunciation; dialects have to do with MORE than pronunciation
accents are regional; dialects are social
accents refer to spoken language; dialects refer ONLY to written language
accents are mutually intelligible; dialects are not
What is the difference between a regional and urban dialect?
a regional dialect reveals one's geographical origin; an urban dialect is heard in cities
they are synonymous terms
a regional dialect reveals one's social status; an urban dialect is heard in cities
a regional dialect is generally heard in the country; an urban dialect are specifically heard in cities
different part of the world that consists of vocabulary differences in the varieties spoken is known as…
Intra-national/ intra-continental variation
International varieties
Cross-continental variaiton
This can be the best example of...
International varieties
Intra-national/ intra-continental variation
Cross-continental variation
There are British dialects such as
Scouse(heard in Liverpool) Cockney and Geordie are examples to represent…
Intra-national/Intra-continental variation
International varieties
Cross-continental variation
RP or known as Received Pronunciation known as the accent used by the educated and most prestigious members of English society.
TRUE
FALSE
The lowest class usually will use their local accent and they can also use the RP
TRUE
FALSE
Dialects are linguistic varieties which are distinguishable by their vocabulary, grammar and …
Pronunciation
Accents
Received pronunciation
In social dialects, the highest class will usually use ……….
Received pronunciation
Accents
Standard dialect
Group of people based on the basis of similar social and economic factors who uses different social dialects refers to…..
Social accents
Social dialects
caste dialects
Social class dialect influenced by factors such as vocabulary, pronunciation and grammatical patterns
TRUE
FALSE
The grammatical patterns consist of 2 variety of grammar variables which are standard and vernacular.
TRUE
FALSE
What is Standard English?
The form of English that is spoken by posh people
The form of English that is only spoken in England
The form of English that is understood by all speakers of the language
The form of English that contains different regional variations
In 1909, Daniel Jones wrote a book on what is considered to be...
the first comprehensive guide to grammar
the first description of Received Pronunciation
the first mapping of regional dialects
the first full thesaurus dictionaru
What is a prescriptivist account of language?
one which attempts to enforce how a language should be
one which tries to show TV scripts before they're shown on TV
one which shows how language is spoken day to day
Something to do with doctors / pharmacists
Alex Baratta continues Daniel Jones work with research into...?
Grammar
Spelling
Gender studies
Accent
