8. The standard language is a s_________, socially prestigious dialect of language. 9. Language varieties other than the standard are called nonstandard, or v_______
languages.
10. A pidgin typically lacks in i_______ morphemes. 11. Linguistic taboo reflects s_________ taboo.
12. The avoidance of using taboo language mirrors social attitudes, emotions and
value judgments and has no l_________ basis.
III. There are four choices following each statement. Mark the choice
that can be best complete the statement
1. __________ is concerned with the social significance of language variation and language use in different speech communities.
A. Psycholiguistics B. Sociolinguistics C. Historical linguistics D. General linguistics 2. The most distinguishable linguistic feature of a regional dialect is its ________. A. use of words B. use of structures C. accent D. morphemes
3. ________ is speech variation according to the particular area where speaker comes from.
A. Regional variation B. Language variation C. Social variation D. Register variation 4. _________are the major source of regional variation of language. A. Geogratphical barriers
B. Loyalty to and confidence in one?s native speech
C. Physical discomfor and psychological resistance to change D. Social barriers
5. _________ means that certain authorities, such as the government choose, a particular speech variety, standardize it and spread the use of it across regional boundaries.
A. Language interference B. Language changes C. Language planning D. Language transfer
6. __________ in a person?s speech or writing usually ranges on a continuum from causal or colloquial to formal or polite according to the type of communicative situation.
A. Regional variation B. Changes in emotions C. Variation in connotations D. Stylistic variation
7. Although ______________ are simplified languages with reduced grammatical features, they are rule-governed, like any human language.
A. register B. creoles C. pidgins D. sociolects
8. In normal situations, __________ speakers tend to use more prestigious forms than their _________ counterparts with the same social background.
A. female; male B. male; female C. old; young D. young; old
9. A linguistic __________ refers to a word or expression that is prohibited by the “polite” society from general use.
A. slang B. euphemism C. jargon D. taboo
10. The sub-field of linguistics that studies the relation between language and society is called ___________.
A. Sociolinguistics B. Neurolinguistics
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C. Macrolinguistics D. Mirolinguistics 11. Which of the followings doesn?t belong to dialectal varieties? __________. A. Regional dialects B. Sociolect C. Idiolect D. Diglossia 12. The dialect which is caused by social status is _________.
A. regional dialect B. sociolect C. idiolect D. diglossia 13. Standard dialect is ______________.
A. designated as the official or national language of a country B. a dialect a child acquires naturally like his regional dialect
C. used by people who speak different languages for restricted purpose D. used by people who belong to the higher social status
14. Sometimes, two varieties of a language exist side by side throughout the community, with each having a definite role to play. This phenomenon is ________. A. bingualism B. diglossia C. pidgin D. creole
15. which of the following statements is not the concern of sociolinguistics? A. The language a person uses reverals his social background.
B. There exist social norms that determine the type of language to be used on a certain occasion.
C. How does the human mind work when people use language. D. to investigate the social aspects of language.
16. The word “ language” is sometimes used to refer to the whole of a person?s language. This is called __________.
A. scientific language B. idiolet
C. colloquial language D. formal language
17. The form of a given language used in a certain geographical space is called ______.
A. style B. dialect C. register D. pidgin
IV. Define the following terms
1. sociolinguistics 2. speech community 3. speech variety
4. standard dialect 5. pidgin 6. Creole 7. diglossia 8. Bilingualism 9. register 10. sociolect
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