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Sociolinguistics week 7

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many affirmations of racism are given in the reading?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

2.

'a ___________is never anything other than a defeated language

a)

dialect

b)

language

3.

a ___________ is a dialect which has succeeded politically

a)

tribe

b)

language

4.

A form part of an essentially racist ideology states "the rule is that we are a nation with a __________, whereas they are tribes with __________".

a)

language/dialects

b)

dialects/language

5.

The term itself is nor unambiguous, as a '___________' may be the language of the biological mother or father, or a local vehicular language

a)

language

b)

national language

c)

mother tongue

d)

dialect

6.

'____________' is now generally used, both in its technical sense and in popular speech, to mean a localized nonstandard or substandard language

a)

dialect

b)

vernacular

c)

national language

d)

lingua franca

7.

A ___________ is 'the language of a political, social, and cultural entity', and an ___________ is 'a language used in the business of government-legislative, executive, and judicial'

a)

national language/official language

b)

official language/dialect

c)

official language/national language

8.

a _____________ is 'a language that is used for communication between different groups of people, each speaking a different language

a)

official language

b)

national language

c)

lingua franca

d)

vernacular speech

9.

'_____________' is used as a technical term to describe the 'development' process, the transition from traditional to so-called modern principles of economic, political, and social organization.

a)

development

b)

underdeveloped

c)

dominant

d)

modernization

10.

Any of the following six characteristics may classify a country as the ____________: non-aligned, non-industrial, ex-colonial, poor, populist, and peripheral/marginal/dependent

a)

modernized

b)

underdevelopment

c)

third world

d)

dominant

11.

which country/countries can illustrate political imperialism?

a)

England (19 century)

b)

France

c)

the USA

12.

Which country/countries can illustrate economic imperialism?

a)

England

b)

France

c)

The USA

13.

social exclusion and discrimination against certain groups or individuals, or their language

(a)  

14.

what is more accepted and wide-spread term for vehicular language

(a)  

15.

The act of reducing stigma, thus decreasing shame or discrimination for individuals or their language

(a)