Practice Test Sociolinguistics

M. V. Hoogstad Sociolinguistics Practice test University Leiden


Practice Test Sociolinguistics

1. A pigdin is a language variety that…
A. is not very linguistically complex
B. is an elaborated language
C. has arisen out of a language contact
D. is part of a creole

2. Globalisation entails that …
A. a lingua franca is involved
B. there is more communication linguistically and globally
C. there is increased contact between people of different backgrounds
D. mass media and Internet is used to communicate world-wide

3. How can we best evaluate the distributional patterns used in particular contexts?
A. Frequency
B. Qualitative data
C. A rapid and anonymous study
D. Sociolinguistic interview

4. The ​NEAR​ vowel is an example of …
A. A variant
B. A phoneme
C. Accommodation
D. A variable

5. Edmond Edmond and Jules Gilliéron are famous in the field for…
A. Using rapid anonymous studies
B. Using dialect atlases
C. Using the wave model
D. Using regional dialectology

6. Distance and time influence …
A. The convergence in a community of speakers
B. The divergence in a community of speakers
C. Diffusion of linguistic innovations in a community of speakers
D. Age-grading in a community of speakers

7. One of the tasks conducted in a sociolinguistic interview is …
A. Reading a long text
B. Discussing politics
C. Reading a list of minimal pairs
D. Describing pictures