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Sociolinguistics True or False Quiz

Sociolinguistics is the study of the relationship between language and society. It examines how social factors such as ethnicity, age, context, and power relationships influence language use and its structure. Some key topics covered include diglossia, which describes stable language situations where two distinct varieties of the same language are used in different social contexts. Pidgins and creoles are languages that develop for communication between groups that do not have a common language, with creoles acquiring native speakers over time.

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Sociolinguistics True or False Quiz

Sociolinguistics is the study of the relationship between language and society. It examines how social factors such as ethnicity, age, context, and power relationships influence language use and its structure. Some key topics covered include diglossia, which describes stable language situations where two distinct varieties of the same language are used in different social contexts. Pidgins and creoles are languages that develop for communication between groups that do not have a common language, with creoles acquiring native speakers over time.

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SOCIOLINGUISTICS

True or False?

Sociolinguistics studies the


relationship between language
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True or False?

Sociolinguistics does not


explain why people speak
differently in different social
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True or False?

Diglossia discusses the use of H


and L varieties of a language in
certain society.

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True or False?

Diglossia is a relatively stable


language situation.

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True or False?

Polyglossia is the condition


when you speak more than one
language to others.

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True or False?

Polyglossia is a broader version


of diglossia.

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True or False?

People may switch to another


language as a signal of group
membership or to show his
ethnicity.
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True or False?

The word code in codeswitching refers to dialect or


language variety.

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True or False?

Economic, social, and political


factors contribute to language
shift.

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True or False?

When all the people who speak


a language die, the language
usually does not die with them.

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True or False?

Sanskrit is an example of dead


language because no body
speaks this language anymore.

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A pidgin is a language that has


no native speakers.

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Pidgin develops as a means of


communication between people
who have a common language.

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Pidgin languages are created


from combined efforts of people
who speak different languages.

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A creole is a pidgin which has


acquired native speakers.

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True or False?

Bahasa Indonesia is an example


of vernacular language.

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True or False?

In the former Soviet Union,


Russian language served as a
lingua franca as well as national
and official language of the USSR.

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Lingua franca is a language used


for communication between
people whose first languages are
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True or False?

Banjarese language now serves


as a lingua franca in South
Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan,
and West Kalimantan.

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True or False?

People of East Java build a TV


station that promotes Javanese
as a means of communication in
all of its programs. This is called
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