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Sociolinguistics

Total questions: 145

Worksheet time: 1hrs 13mins

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1.

Linguistic, based on the scope of studies, can be divided into micro and macro ______.

a)

grammar

b)

linguistic

c)

communication

d)

semantics

2.

Phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics are all the branches of ______.

a)

macro-linguistics

b)

psycholinguistic

c)

micro-linguistic

d)

applied linguistic

3.

Macro-linguistic studies language in its relationship with ______.

a)

phonetics only

b)

grammar only

c)

phenomena outside language

d)

morphology

4.

Sociolinguistics is considered a part of ______.

a)

Morphology

b)

macro-linguistic

c)

micro-linguistic

d)

Phonology

5.

Socio-linguistic is the study of language in relation to its ______- cultural context.

a)

historical

b)

socio

c)

psycho

d)

political

6.

Sociolinguistic is the study of the effect of any and all aspects of society, including cultural norms, expectations, and ______ on the way language is used.

a)

context

b)

communication

c)

education

d)

history

7.

Sociolinguistic is the study of the relationship between ______ and society.

a)

language

b)

communication

c)

culture

d)

interaction

8.

One of the main concerns of sociolinguistic is to identify the social ______ of language.

a)

functions

b)

grammar

c)

origins

d)

forms

9.

In common social communication, sociolinguistics helps us shape our ______ by the use of language.

a)

grammar

b)

character

c)

culture

d)

emotions

10.

In common social communication, language functions not only as a means of communication but also as a means of ______ and maintaining social relationship.

a)

ignoring

b)

avoiding

c)

creating

d)

destroying

11.

In commerce, advertising is regarded as a form of ______ designed by senders to produce reactions, behaviors, or attitudes from receivers.

a)

education

b)

entertainment

c)

translation

d)

communication

12.

In commerce, advertisers enhance their communication skills by using sociolinguistics to ______ consumers effectively.

a)

control

b)

persuade

c)

command

d)

speak to

13.

In medicine, the interaction between doctors and patients mainly focuses on the ______ doctors use.

a)

facilities

b)

medicines

c)

prescriptions

d)

language

14.

In politics, using persuasive language helps politicians to gain ______ from the public.

a)

ignorance

b)

support

c)

silence

d)

opposition

15.

In language teaching, sociolinguistics is important because school instructions mainly include the use of ______.

a)

sports

b)

music

c)

art

d)

language

16.

The widespread applications of sociolinguistics in commerce, medicine, politics, and education demonstrate its ______ position in our life.

a)

temporary

b)

significant

c)

optional

d)

minor

17.

Sociolinguistics is applied in many fields because it provides ______ applications for practical communication.

a)

successful

b)

practical

c)

effective

d)

widespread

18.

The notion of ______ variation refers to differences in language use in each region.

a)

cultural

b)

phonological

c)

grammatical

d)

sociolinguistic

19.

People living in one location often use different ______ of the same language.

a)

styles

b)

varieties

c)

accents

d)

genres

20.

People in different places tend to use language varieties to be ______ for those living there.

a)

formal

b)

appropriate

c)

modern

d)

similar

21.

Language is often described as a/an ______ entity.

a)

regional

b)

fixed

c)

uniform

d)

collection

22.

When mentioning the ______ of a language, linguists provide the terms such as accent, dialect, vernacular, and diglossia.

a)

registers

b)

styles

c)

varieties

d)

levels

23.

Linguists can observe and study several of the varieties, but ______ of them.

a)

all

b)

none

c)

not all

d)

both

24.

Nowadays, American English is used popularly all over the world as a second language for people of different occupations in ______ with other people from other countries.

a)

competition

b)

contact

c)

conflict

d)

comparison

25.

In Vietnam, the Vietnamese language is spoken with three distinct ______: northern, central, and southern.

a)

Registers

b)

Genres

c)

Accents

d)

Dialects

26.

Different communities in societies use various forms of language which are called ______.

a)

varieties

b)

dialects

c)

registers

d)

codes

27.

During communication, vocabulary, phonology, and ______ are gradually changed to meet new contacts.

a)

grammar

b)

semantics

c)

morphology

d)

pragmatics

28.

An English sentence may be affected by vocabulary, phonology, prosody, and grammar from French or the native language of ______ people.

a)

immigrant

b)

foreign

c)

ordinary

d)

local

29.

Linguists study language varieties at all levels: phonetics, syntactical, stylistic, and, above all, ______.

a)

phonological

b)

lexical

c)

semantic

d)

morphological

30.

Linguists analyze both the common core and the ______ features of individual language varieties.

a)

specific

b)

universal

c)

stylistic

d)

phonological

31.

The differences between spoken and written modes are not ______.

a)

absolute

b)

temporary

c)

similar

d)

predictable

32.

Some spoken texts will be more like ______ texts than others.

a)

printed

b)

visual

c)

written

d)

formal

33.

Language is often described as a/an ______ entity, meaning it varies rather than being fixed.

a)

Immutable

b)

Uniform

c)

Regional

d)

Collected

34.

Compared to written language, spoken language often tends to be ______.

a)

More permanent

b)

More grammatical

c)

Less precise

d)

More formal

35.

Written language is often more ______ and sophisticated than spoken language.

a)

Casual

b)

Articulate

c)

Playful

d)

Vague

36.

The choice of words frequently depends on the speaker’s immediate ______.

a)

Knowledge

b)

Need

c)

Culture

d)

Grammar

37.

What term describes the spread and use of a language across occupations when interacting with foreigners?

a)

Competition

b)

Conflict

c)

Comparison

d)

Contact

38.

People living in one location often use different ______ of the same language.

a)

Scripts

b)

Accents

c)

Codes

d)

Genres

39.

Different communities use various forms of language that are called ______.

a)

Varieties

b)

Registers

c)

Codes

d)

Dialects

40.

In sociolinguistics, what does the ideational function primarily represent?

a)

Organization of textual messages

b)

Choice of grammatical rules

c)

Status of social relations

d)

State of events in the world

41.

Vietnam is described as what type of country in terms of language diversity?

a)

Multilingual society overall

b)

Monolingual society overall

c)

Unilingual society overall

d)

Bilingual society overall

42.

Which statement captures the interpersonal function of language?

a)

Enacts social relations

b)

Describes natural events

c)

Structures textual cohesion

d)

Labels conceptual fields

43.

Teachers are advised to use which variety so students can imitate it?

a)

Playful informal variety

b)

Dialectal local variety

c)

Academic standard variety

d)

Casual conversational variety

44.

Language helps society primarily to do what over time?

a)

Develop institutions further

b)

Preserve artifacts mainly

c)

Maintain traditions only

d)

Survey populations regularly

45.

Which description fits linguistic rules in vocabulary, phonetics, phonology, and grammar?

a)

System of rules organized

b)

Collection of exceptions

c)

Loose set of patterns

d)

List of principles only

46.

Fluent English speakers often access which economic outcome in international firms?

a)

Average salary limits

b)

Low salary ceilings

c)

Unstable wage patterns

d)

High salary opportunities

47.

The two basic concepts in language ______ are speech act and speech event.

a)

change

b)

learning

c)

teaching

d)

use

48.

The speech act and speech event theories are based on the interpretation of ______.

a)

conservations

b)

speeches

c)

gestures

d)

writings

49.

Language is used in order to play specific functions in communicative ______.

a)

choices

b)

messages

c)

contacts

d)

actions

50.

Meaning and ______ of language are the aspects linguists have paid their attention to.

a)

pronunciation

b)

grammar

c)

vocabulary

d)

usage

51.

The information of language use in linguistic groups is the ______ that linguists want to get.

a)

subject

b)

result

c)

opinion

d)

objective

52.

Linguists ______ linguistic minorities with their stable status in the mother tongue.

a)

attack

b)

defend

c)

ignore

d)

abandon

53.

When we make up a sentence, it has not only meaning but also some ______.

a)

vocabulary

b)

pronunciation

c)

function

d)

structure

54.

Speech act are divided into four important ______.

a)

accents

b)

categories

c)

languages

d)

meaning

55.

Locutionary meaning refers to the ______ meaning of an utterance conveyed by its particular words and structures.

a)

Implied

b)

literal

c)

contextual

d)

figurative

56.

An illocutionary act is using in a sentence to perform a ______.

a)

description

b)

statement

c)

function

d)

gesture

57.

Perlocutionary act is the ______ or effects that are produced by means of saying something.

a)

intentions

b)

structures

c)

meanings

d)

results

58.

Propositional act has to do with the ______ of utterances, the basic acts of referring and predicating.

a)

function

b)

structure

c)

content

d)

meaning

59.

The representative describes a state of ______ in the world.

a)

affairs

b)

events

c)

issues

d)

conditions

60.

The commissive speech act commits the speaker to the course of action, such as ______, vowing, threatening, offering.

a)

apologizing

b)

describing

c)

promising

d)

questioning

61.

The ______ speech act changes the world by bringing about or altering the state of affairs it names, such as dismissing, sentencing, naming, announcing, or declaring.

a)

directive

b)

commissive

c)

expressive

d)

declarative

62.

The ______ speech act intends to get the listener to carry out an action.

a)

expressive

b)

declarative

c)

directive

d)

commissive

63.

The expressive speech act indicates the speaker's ______ about something, such as greeting, apologizing, complaining, or thanking.

a)

command

b)

intention

c)

attitude

d)

request

64.

The rogative speech act refers to a special kind of directives which deals with requests for ______ and which is typically in the form of a question.

a)

permission

b)

advice

c)

information

d)

commands

65.

A speech event relates to social ______ events involving communication and ways to use speech resources of the community.

a)

grammatical

b)

transactional

c)

functional

d)

interactional

66.

Setting is the ______ in which people use language to be in communicative contact.

a)

structure

b)

meaning

c)

message

d)

context

67.

People who take part in the speech situation are called ______.

a)

speakers

b)

participants

c)

observers

d)

listeners

68.

Which term refers to the results and goals of each speech situation?

a)

Ends

b)

Forms

c)

Means

d)

Participants

69.

Which aspects of speech situations refers to the forms and contents of acts?

a)

Functions

b)

Contexts

c)

Sequences

d)

Intentions

70.

Which of the following is being communicated in act sequences?

a)

Emotion

b)

Information

c)

Thought

d)

Intention

71.

What does the key of speech event refer to?

a)

Manner

b)

Setting

c)

Content

d)

Function

72.

Which aspect of communication does instrumentality refer to?

a)

Function

b)

Purpose

c)

Message

d)

Channel

73.

Which aspect of communication in the speech context is referred to as genre?

a)

Structure

b)

Purpose

c)

Content

d)

Style

74.

What aspect of speech events ensures that communication is adequately understood within a society?

a)

Imitation

b)

Translation

c)

Interpretation

d)

Expression

75.

Which basic aspects of speech in a given society develop speech acts?

a)

Functions

b)

Gestures

c)

Sentences

d)

Sounds

76.

What do the functions of speech in a given society develop?

a)

Sounds

b)

Gestures

c)

Functions

d)

Speech acts

77.

Idiolect is the speech variety of a/an ______ speaker.

a)

social

b)

individual

c)

regional

d)

national

78.

A language used in a state or a region in a country is called a/an ______.

a)

dialect

b)

jargon

c)

slang

d)

pidgin

79.

The language ______ brings people together when language is used in a common way.

a)

region

b)

variation

c)

community

d)

feature

80.

What exists as clusters or groups of people who share common linguistic behavior in a region?

a)

varieties

b)

registers

c)

communication

d)

dialects

81.

Which dialects are based on geographically isolated groups?

a)

social languages

b)

regional dialects

c)

idiolects

d)

social dialects

82.

At an early age, children are exposed to ______ languages and are inclined to create idioglossias.

a)

multiple

b)

individual

c)

genre

d)

norm

83.

Sociolinguistics think that an idiolect is a continuum of ______.

a)

network

b)

community

c)

state

d)

dialects

84.

An ______ refers to pronunciation and a/an ______ refers to a whole group of language features.

a)

register/dialect

b)

genre/pidgin

c)

accent/dialect

d)

idiolect/slang

85.

What is invented and spoken by only one or a very few people?

a)

an idioglossia

b)

an accent

c)

a region

d)

a dialect

86.

What do people create when there are small differences in the way they talk?

a)

a maximum dialect

b)

a minimal dialect

c)

a current dialect

d)

a various dialect

87.

The language variation between groups is called ______ variation.

a)

intergroup

b)

standard

c)

structural

d)

national

88.

A dialect is any variety of a language characterized by systematic differences in ______, grammar, and vocabulary.

a)

spelling

b)

writing

c)

pronunciation

d)

meaning

89.

Linguists believe isolation can be across time, geography, or ______ barriers.

a)

economic

b)

cultural

c)

political

d)

social

90.

In different regions, English is used in different ways, such as British English, American English, and ______ English.

a)

Italian

b)

Australian

c)

Japanese

d)

German

91.

What language do people in the Mekong River region of Vietnam usually use in conversations?

a)

foreign words

b)

sociolects

c)

local words

d)

idiolects

92.

What is true about the languages spoken in different parts of China?

a)

unintelligible

b)

grammatical

c)

intelligible

d)

intelligible

93.

When an idiolect develops within a household, it becomes a/an ______.

a)

idioglossia

b)

dialect

c)

sociolect

d)

ecolect

94.

Forensic linguists can use ______ to identify whether a person produced a specific piece of writing.

a)

idioglossia

b)

sociolects

c)

idiolects

d)

dialects

95.

The private language of twins is called ______.

a)

ecolect

b)

cryptophasia

c)

twin dialects

d)

sociolect

96.

In the United States, many features of White English represent linguistic ______.

a)

Africanisms

b)

Europeanisms

c)

Asianisms

d)

Americanisms

97.

Social status is based on rank, prestige, and ______.

a)

age

b)

education

c)

ethnicity

d)

social class

98.

In countries such as Singapore, the Philippines, and India, ______ English is used in government, education, media, and business.

a)

standard

b)

regional

c)

dialectal

d)

colloquial

99.

The changes of idiolects are ______ when people contact each other.

a)

rare

b)

continuous

c)

temporary

d)

limited

100.

In the group, no individual speaker uses the ______ language all the time.

a)

different

b)

same

c)

simple

d)

easy

101.

Sociolects are based upon membership in a ______ socially isolated or separate group.

a)

longstanding

b)

temporary

c)

regional

d)

casual

102.

People in the North, Central, and South of Vietnam speak with different ______ and dialects.

a)

accents

b)

registers

c)

idiolects

d)

sociolects

103.

A Northern American might say, "hello." A Southern American might say, "howdy." These are examples of ______.

a)

idioglossia

b)

sociolect

c)

register

d)

dialect

104.

What is the unique way of speaking of one person called?

a)

dialect

b)

idiolect

c)

sociolect

d)

register

105.

In business, people used a simplified language, a pidgin, to have a common language.

a)

False

b)

Partly true

c)

True

d)

Unclear

106.

Although pidgins are second languages, they are popular in society.

a)

Only in trade

b)

False

c)

True

d)

Only historically

107.

When contacting foreigners, Vietnamese people cannot speak their language; therefore, Vietnamese make their language so simple that they fail to understand.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

True for tourists

d)

Sometimes true

108.

Pidgins are standard languages with their simplified rules.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Only in schools

d)

Only in media

109.

When people of so many races live in a place, the issue of social dialects is extremely ______.

a)

simple

b)

normal

c)

easy

d)

complex

110.

A ______ is the variety of language characteristic of a social background or status.

a)

sociolect

b)

dialect

c)

speech

d)

pidgin

111.

______ are more flexible than status and also vary according to the speech situation.

a)

Creolisation

b)

Sociology

c)

Speech

d)

Lects

112.

People in remote, isolated places develop unique linguistic characteristics that eventually become ______ elements of their dialects.

a)

easy

b)

distinguishing

c)

simple

d)

confusing

113.

Dialectology is a branch of Linguistics which examines language ______ and change.

a)

history

b)

variation

c)

idiolect

d)

function

114.

Each member in the community expresses a linguistic ______ restricted or elaborated within its application.

a)

accent

b)

code

c)

dialect

d)

register

115.

The language is not a ______ structure but a sum of all its dialects.

a)

regional

b)

grammatical

c)

social

d)

monolithic

116.

The standard variety is used in ______ life and at schools or colleges.

a)

family

b)

public

c)

cultural

d)

private

117.

Pidgins emerge among people who do their business while they preserve their native ______ for their daily interactions.

a)

slangs

b)

vocabularies

c)

jargons

d)

slang

118.

Sociolects are based upon membership in a long-standing socially-isolated or ______ group.

a)

regional

b)

common

c)

separate

d)

grammatical

119.

Among the varieties, standard variety holds the highest status in the community because the highest social classes and the most ______ people use it.

a)

educated

b)

cultural

c)

private

d)

young

120.

Where does the change of languages take place when a pidgin is formed?

a)

speech communities

b)

Families

c)

Villages

d)

Schools

121.

What does a pidgin become as a result of pidginisation?

a)

Norm

b)

Standard

c)

Jargon

d)

Dialect

122.

What kind of language is a pidgin related to the native languages?

a)

Written

b)

Contact

c)

Spoken

d)

Standard

123.

What is the process called when a simplified language becomes a fully developed native language?

a)

Code-switching

b)

Pidginisation

c)

Standardisation

d)

Creolisation

124.

British English is used in school, print, mass media, and is taught to non-native speakers as a _______.

a)

sociolect

b)

dialect

c)

second language

d)

first language

125.

Which of the following is NOT an example of pidgin?

a)

Pidgin Russian

b)

Pidgin French

c)

Pidgin Latin

d)

Pidgin English

126.

In which speech communities does the change of languages take place when a pidgin is formed?

a)

written

b)

internal

c)

Formal

d)

spoken

127.

In the process of pidginisation, what typically occurs to the structural complexity of a language?

a)

Correcting

b)

Changing

c)

Reducing

d)

Combining

128.

How is a pidgin different from native languages?

a)

Easy use

b)

Simplification

c)

Admixture

d)

All are correct

129.

To which field does the study of pidgin and pidginisation belong?

a)

Syntax

b)

Phonology

c)

Semantics

d)

Sociolinguistics

130.

What do pidgins make possible in a complex linguistic setup?

a)

Silence

b)

Confusion

c)

Isolation

d)

Communication

131.

Being different from official languages, a pidgin has no _______.

a)

foreigners

b)

sociolects

c)

registers

d)

native speakers

132.

Pidginization is a complex process of sociolinguistic ______ in internal form, simplifying the rules of language in use.

a)

variation

b)

development

c)

decrease

d)

rise

133.

A pidgin is a grammatically simplified way of communication between two communities who do not share a ______ language.

a)

local

b)

common

c)

first

d)

second

134.

In the process of pidginisation, what typically occurs to the structural complexity of a language?

a)

Combining

b)

Correcting

c)

Changing

d)

Reducing

135.

How is a pidgin different from native languages?

a)

Easy use

b)

Admixture

c)

All are correct

d)

Simplification

136.

To which field does the study of pidgin and pidginisation belong?

a)

Syntax

b)

Phonology

c)

Sociolinguistics

d)

Semantics

137.

What do pidgins make possible in a complex linguistic setup?

a)

Silence

b)

Isolation

c)

Confusion

d)

Communication

138.

Being different from official languages, a pidgin has no ______.

a)

registers

b)

foreigners

c)

sociolects

d)

native speakers

139.

Pidginization is a complex process of sociolinguistic ______ in internal form, simplifying the rules of language in use.

a)

rise

b)

development

c)

variation

d)

decrease

140.

A pidgin is a grammatically simplified way of communication between two communities who do not share a ______ language.

a)

local

b)

first

c)

second

d)

common

141.

A creole is the ______ of first language of some of its speakers – the children of people having made use of a pidgin for a long time.

a)

native

b)

simplified

c)

foreign

d)

common

142.

Linguists considered pidginization second-language learning with ______ input.

a)

restricted

b)

different

c)

foreign

d)

first

143.

In comparison to other languages, pidgins are usually ______.

a)

listed

b)

standardized

c)

disdained

d)

noted

144.

Pidgin develops out of need to enhance ______.

a)

immigration

b)

expansion

c)

communication

d)

information

145.

The two generations involved in ______ is parents and children.

a)

creolization

b)

dialectology

c)

pidginization

d)

sociology