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WorksheetsSociolinguistics week 7
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
How many affirmations of racism are given in the reading?
1
2
3
4
'a ___________is never anything other than a defeated language
dialect
language
a ___________ is a dialect which has succeeded politically
tribe
language
A form part of an essentially racist ideology states "the rule is that we are a nation with a __________, whereas they are tribes with __________".
language/dialects
dialects/language
The term itself is nor unambiguous, as a '___________' may be the language of the biological mother or father, or a local vehicular language
language
national language
mother tongue
dialect
'____________' is now generally used, both in its technical sense and in popular speech, to mean a localized nonstandard or substandard language
dialect
vernacular
national language
lingua franca
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'
national language/official language
official language/dialect
official language/national language
a _____________ is 'a language that is used for communication between different groups of people, each speaking a different language
official language
national language
lingua franca
vernacular speech
'_____________' 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.
development
underdeveloped
dominant
modernization
Any of the following six characteristics may classify a country as the ____________: non-aligned, non-industrial, ex-colonial, poor, populist, and peripheral/marginal/dependent
modernized
underdevelopment
third world
dominant
which country/countries can illustrate political imperialism?
England (19 century)
France
the USA
Which country/countries can illustrate economic imperialism?
England
France
The USA
social exclusion and discrimination against certain groups or individuals, or their language
(a)
what is more accepted and wide-spread term for vehicular language
(a)
The act of reducing stigma, thus decreasing shame or discrimination for individuals or their language
(a)
