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Sociolinguistics

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What does sociolinguistics study?

The effect of language on society

The effect of society on language

The relationship between language and society

All of the above (correct)

What is the aim of sociolinguistic investigation?

To understand the nature of human language

To describe the effect of language on society

To achieve progress in the knowledge of language (correct)

To study language in its social context

What does the language style of people reflect?

The place they belong to (correct)

Their occupation

Their education level

Their social status

Which term refers to a variety of a language that is characterized by differences in pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary from other varieties of the same language?

Dialect Signup and view all the answers

What does accent refer to?

The pronunciation of a language Signup and view all the answers

What term is used to describe a dialect spoken by one individual?

Idiolect Signup and view all the answers

What can be identified from an individual's accent?

The region where the speaker is from Signup and view all the answers

What is an idiolect creating?

A minimal dialect Signup and view all the answers

Sociolinguistics

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Questions and Answers

What does sociolinguistics study?

What is the aim of sociolinguistic investigation?

What does the language style of people reflect?

Which term refers to a variety of a language that is characterized by differences in pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary from other varieties of the same language?

What does accent refer to?

What term is used to describe a dialect spoken by one individual?

What can be identified from an individual's accent?

What is an idiolect creating?

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