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Objectives:

  1. African American English is __________ to American English. (similar)
  2. Singapore's efforts became a centre of __________ excellence. (Academic)
  3. The term Chinese Pidgin English first appeared in _________ (1959)
  4. There are ________ functions of dictionary.

a: many (b) few (c) major ( d) none of the given option

  1. The total number of English language in the world____. (7097)

Q6. regional English dictionary published as the _________ dictionary

  1. international
  2. national
  3. native
  4. non native

Correct answer: international

  1. Total number of Spanish speakers_______ (470-500 millions)
  2. British colonialism started in _________ century. (18th)
  3. The total number of international 258 million which is ----- of global. (3.4%)
  4. Expansion of cities in Europe is one of the reason of-----population.. (Not confirm)
  5. In colonial era of the possible reason for language loss was European ideology of-----

(contempt)

  1. may,might and will are the ---- verbs in English language. (Model Verbs)
  2. of the reason for English loss power lost the------- (not confirm)
  3. Expansion of cities of Europe is one of reasons of ______ of population. (increase)
  4. one of the reason of English loss of power was that it lost _____role. (international)
  5. due to the henomenon of linguistic imperealisim people have become aware of _____of dominant language. (hegemony)
  6. continuous effort are made to _____English in subcontinent. (standardize)
  7. chinese eng is evidence of expansion of English beyond the_____colonies. (British)
  8. east Asian countries fall in____circle. (expanding)
  9. the practice of learning eng in Africaa has increased ____times than Africans. (twice)
  10. south Asian countries fall in ____circle regarding use of eng. (outer)
  11. In AUs and NZ the prestigious variety is close to _____ pronunciation. Rp(British)

23 with reference to varieties AE ,dialect study shows a great deal of phonetics lexical and ______. (grammatical)

  1. Territories where English is spoken as first and unofficial second language.. A. 75 b.85 c. 95 D. 105
  2. Term linguistic imperialism proposed by Robert Philips
  3. IVE stands for. Indigenous variety of English
  4. In Australia, service provider will name the total due thanks.

28……… can be understood as a shorthand for identifying and establishing the varieties of englishes that are used in various locations around the world. (Legitimacy)

  1. American English is stable and influential because of longer association with (sociopolitical

development)

  1. It has been noticed that the practice of learning English in Africa has increased (twice) in comparison of Afrikaans.
  2. The field of ELT still undergoing a period of (absorption)
  3. Australia was colonized as a (penal) colony in 1788
  4. In chinese English, no distinction is made between tense and lax(vowels)
  5. Women are believed to be more senstive to (prestige) forms of speech
  6. Kachru described the sub-continents variety of English as ______ variety.
  7. Due to the phenomenon of linguistic imperialism, people have become aware of______ of dominant language.
  8. A major controversy faced by world Englishes is the availability of ______ for indigenized varieties of English.

Subjective:

Q: Differfncf bftwffn Rfgionnlc lnd Sooncilc dilcfct

A social dialect is really called a “social REGISTER” of a specifc language. It refers to the type of speech, pronunciaton, and vocabulary used to communicate in the language with a specifc social class or group with in the greater society. A regional dialect, on the other hand, is one that is strictly defned by geography, and as such, is used among all people of all social classes/groups within that geography. It’s a natural deviaton from the standard dialect through a long process of language evoluton, rather than a social constructon used to more efectvely communicate between those of diferent socio-economic status within a given area sharing the same standard language.

Q: Dffnf Soyntl.

Syntax is the grammatcal structure of sentences. The format in which words and phrases are arranged to create sentences is called syntax. Let's look at an example of how a sentence can be rearranged to create varied syntax. Examples of Syntax in a Sentence: The boy jumped happily.

Q; Rfnlisslncf?

The Rfnlisslncf is a period from the 14th to the 17th century, considered the bridge between the Middle Ages and Modern history. It started as a cultural movement in Italy in the Late Medieval period and later spread to the rest of Europe.

Q: Lingul ferlncl?

Ans; The term English as a lingua franca (ELF) refers to the teaching, learning, and use of the English language as a common means of communicaton (or contact language ) for speakers of diferent natve languages

Q: sfmlntcs shifs onf Afericln clngulgf

In this artcle the phenomenon of semantc change as it manifests itself in a variety of loanwords or adoptves from diferent Bantu languages is investgated. Afer a discussion of the noton ‘semantc change’ several factors which play a role in such changes are considered, e.g. ellipsis, analogy, metonymy, metaphor, folk etymology, etc. It is shown that meaning change may result in the generalizaton, specializaton or radical change in a word's meaning, as well as in changes in the emotve content of words. As far as the later is concerned, the important role played by taboo and euphemism is focussed upon.

Q: Llngulgf poncicy onf phiccippinfs?

Quite clearly, despite the bilingual clngulgf poncicy set forth in the 1987 Consttuton which emphasises the use “(f) or purposes of communicaton and instructon, the ofcial clngulgfs of the Phicippinfs are Ficipinon, and untl otherwise provided by law, English”

Q: Nffd onf spfccing Sotlndlerdizltonn

It seeks to change English spelling so that it is more consistent, matches pronunciaton beter, and follows the alphabetc principle. ... Many of the spellings preferred by Noah Webster have become standard in the United States, but have not been adopted elsewhere (see American and Britsh English spelling diferences For example, for "debt" early Middle English wrote det/dete, with the b being standardized in spelling in the 16th century.

Q: Gfndfer studifs in cinguistcs

It crosses disciplinary boundaries, and, as a bare minimum, could be said to encompass work notonally housed within applied linguistcs , linguistc anthropology , conversaton analysis, cultural studies, feminist media studies, feminist psychology, gender studies, interactonal sociolinguistcs, linguistcs, mediated stylistcs , sociolinguistcs and media studies.

Q: Implct onf WWII onn Austerlciln Eng

Answer: On the home front, Austerlcil increased its industrial output to support the war efort. With the Natonal Security Act of 1939, the Austerlciln government increased its power to mandate industrial producton of military goods and supplies. The war had many long term fffcts on Austerlcil. World War II: 1939–45. Over 993,000 Austerlcilns served in the armed forces during World War II. Of those on actve service, 27,073 were killed in acton or died, 23,477 were wounded, and 30,560 were taken prisoner of war.

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