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- The Nativeness Paradigm places language speakers into ~~ classification.
o binary ✅
o mono
o tetra
- English had been influenced by 'foreign' sources long before the diaspora into Asia and Africa.
o
o European ✅
o
Q3. What is the status of English in Pakistan?
o
o
o
o
4. A singular countable noun must be preceded by a/an
o article ✅
o verb
o noun
- The variety of speech that is closest to a standard prestige language, especially in an area in
which a creole is spoken is termed as
o
o basilect o acrolect ✅
o mesolect
6. English has enriched English and the indigenous languages through
o semantic shifts
o coinage
o
o borrowing
7. - emerged as a result of second diaspora, i.e. movement of English speaking people to
different parts of the world as colonizers.
o
o
o
o
- Which of the following factors causes problem in defining native speakers of the Standard
English?
o age group
o
o social group
o accent
- According to Kachru's three circle model, native speakers are considered ~~ to the non- native
speakers regardless of their language proficiency.
o superior ✅
o inferior
o closer
- English is working language of the European Union along with which one of the following:
o German
o French ✅
o Italian
Q1. Who proposed modifications in Kachru's three-circle model in 1997?
o David Graddol ✔
o David Crystal
o Noam Chomsky
o Edward Sapir
- The Nativeness Paradigm places language speakers into classification.
o tertiary
o tetra
o binary ✔
3. Factors determining the status of an innovation of 'New' 'Englishes' are in number:
o four ✔
- According to Kachru's concentric circles, the spread of English in the outer circle overlaps with:
o ESL ✔
o ELT
o ENL
- According to Kachru's concentric circles model, which of the following circles is norm-
dependent?
o outer circle ✔
o inner circle
o expanding circle
o
- The expanding circle comprises countries where English is used as a language.
o first
o foreign ✔
o
7. The process in which a language gains native speakers is termed as:
o
o nativization ✔
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