ENG510 Final Term Quiz from Assessments

ENG510

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Maha Malik Sociolinguistics

1. Which of the following can be included in paralinguistic communication? (All of the given options, Pitch, Volume, Accent)
2. Into how many groups the spontaneous gestures are divided? (four)
3. The term “communication” comes from the Latin ‘comunicare’ meaning ______________. (To transmit)
4. The parts of a written or spoken statement that precede or follow a specific word or passage, usually influencing its meaning are called the ___________ of it. (Context)
5. Who grounded his/her work in the Sapirian tradition, but expanded their concerns with language beyond description? (Who grounded his/her work in the Sapirian tradition, but expanded their concerns with language beyond description? (Erving Goffman, Susan Ervin-Tripp, John Gumperz, All of the given options)
6. If a Saudi Arab shows respect to an American he does what? (Lowers his voice)
7. What factor(s) impede Human Communication? (Obfuscation, Distraction, Not understanding the context, All of the given options)
8. According to Hymes, ungrammatical utterances may be socially inappropriate, just as grammatical utterances can be socially appropriate. (False)
9. Which of the following is a type of Nonlinguistic Communication? (Pictures and Proximity, All of the given options, Gaze and Posture, Jewelry and Clothes)
10. Identify whether the given statement is true or false. “The context is the set of circumstances or facts that surround a particular event, situation, etc." (True)

Q11. Which of the following external factors plays a role in Politeness and Social Interaction?

(Status, All of the given options, Age, Power)

12. Brown and Levinson outline four main types of politeness strategies? (Four)
13. The factors behind the competence of a language can be __________. (All of the given options, Connotation, Style. Register)
14. A complete social event involves ___________. (All of the given options, Speaker and Listener, Message, Register)
15. Who defined competence as the grammar one knows without being necessarily aware of it? (Chomsky)
16. Sociolinguistic ___________ means the ability to use linguistic knowledge and put it to the test in real life. (Performance)
17. Identify whether the given statement is true or false. “Politeness strategies make refusals difficult." (False)
18. Sociolinguistic competence of the target language means knowing its ____________. (Turn taking, Address forms, Taboos, All of the given options)
19. According to Hymes, the ethnography of language is used as ___________. (Both the given options, Methodological tool, All of the given options, Empirical studies)
20. What is the inexorable fate that all languages succumb to? (Extinction, All of the given
21. For Galtung, the world can be divided into how many two domains? (two)
22. Linguistic rights were first included as an international human right in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in __________. (1948)
23. In the last two decades of the twentieth century, English was regarded by some as the ‘___________ language.’ (Killer)
24. According to the Colombian Constitution, ___________ education is for the ethnic groups which must be in accordance with their aspirations. (Ethno-education)
25. How many main linguistic human rights are there in education? (Two)
26. Who defined language competence as the grammar one knows without being necessarily aware of it? (Chomsky)
27. Identify whether the given statement is true or false. “Different linguistic communities have different standards, and there is no neutral arbiter to distinguish one as superior to another."

(True)

28. Phillipson asserts that the legitimization of English linguistic expansion has been based on what notion(s)? (Educational policy, Ethnocentricity, None of the given options, Both of

the given options)

29. Sociolinguistic competence of the target language means knowing its ____________. (Address forms, Taboos, Turn taking, All of the given options)
30. What is the inexorable fate that all languages succumb to? (Extinction, All of the given
31. A word not conforming in pronunciation, grammatical construction, idiom, or word choice to the usage of educated native speakers of a language belongs to the _________ language.

(Native)

32. Who asserted that the basic themes of proverbs are derived from elementary human experience and activities? (Skipper)
33. Which of the following is an example of a slang word? (Kooky, All of the given options, Kisser, Knocking shop)
34. Identify whether the given statement is true or false. Typical expressions that are used almost at all times in formal ceremonies, festivals, courts, etc. are considered cliché.

(False)

35. According to Schipper, in proverbs who is mostly associated with beauty but is considered not so smart? (women)
36. Which of the following is a property of a non-standard language? (Related to identity, All of the given options, Related to communication, Related to culture)
37. Which of the following is an example of slang? (dunno = don't know, All of the given options, gimme = give me, kinda = kind of)
38. What does the variety set of a language include? (Vocabulary, Phonology, Grammar, All
39. Cliches stimulate behavior through ___________. (Cognition, All of the given options, Emotion, Action)