Sociolinguistics Overview

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What is the study of the effect of society on language called?

Neurolinguistics

Anthropological linguistics

Sociolinguistics (correct)

Psycholinguistics

Who are two notable figures associated with the development of Sociolinguistics?

Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf

Noam Chomsky and Ferdinand de Saussure

William Labov and Basil Bernstein (correct)

Steven Pinker and George Lakoff

What is one primary focus of Sociolinguistics?

Analyzing phonetics and phonology

Exploring how society influences language use (correct)

Studying the syntax of languages

Investigating historical language origins

When did the study of Sociolinguistics first appear in the West?

1960s Signup and view all the answers

How is Sociolinguistics related to Linguistic Anthropology?

Sociolinguistics is a subfield of Linguistic Anthropology Signup and view all the answers

What do varieties of language are often referred to as?

Dialects Signup and view all the answers

What are the two factors that contribute to language variation?

Geographical factor and Social factor Signup and view all the answers

What term is used for anything that goes through a gradual transition from one condition to a different condition without abrupt changes?

Dialect Continuum Signup and view all the answers

How is a 'dialect continuum' characterized?

Involving a merger of two languages Signup and view all the answers

What may make it difficult to determine where one dialect or language ends and another begins?

Gradual transitions in speech Signup and view all the answers

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What is the study of the effect of society on language called?

Who are two notable figures associated with the development of Sociolinguistics?

What is one primary focus of Sociolinguistics?

When did the study of Sociolinguistics first appear in the West?

How is Sociolinguistics related to Linguistic Anthropology?

What do varieties of language are often referred to as?

What are the two factors that contribute to language variation?

What term is used for anything that goes through a gradual transition from one condition to a different condition without abrupt changes?

How is a 'dialect continuum' characterized?

What may make it difficult to determine where one dialect or language ends and another begins?

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