ENG510 Quiz 1 Set 4

Q1. Which of the following subcategories of a language can be termed as ‘language variety’?

1. Dialect
2. All of the given options
3. Style
4. Register

Correct answer: All of the given options

Q2. Which of the following linguists defined Sociolinguistics?

1. Holmes
2. Fishman
3. All of the given options
4. Nordquist

Correct answer: All of the given options

Q3. A trade language widely spoken as a non-native language is known as ____.

1. standard language
2. lingua franca
3. creole
4. pidgin

Correct answer: lingua franca

Q4. In sociolinguistics, language ____ is a general term for any distinctive form of a language or linguistic expression.

1. lect
2. dialect
3. variety
4. jargon

Correct answer: variety

Q5. An individual also has a ____; that is, he or she controls a number of varieties of a language or of two or more languages.

1. group
2. community
3. networks
4. repertoire

Correct answer: repertoire

Q6. Sociology of language is the study of the relations between language and _____.

1. society
2. objects
3. words
4. cities

Correct answer: society

Q7. Which of the following may relate to a place or community?

1. Liberty
2. Variety
3. Propreity
4. Sobriety

Correct answer: Liberty

Q8. Who has defined a real speech community as all the people who use a given language or dialect?

1. Krauss
2. Trudgill
3. Lyon
4. Labov

Correct answer: Lyon

Q9. According to the Oxford Companion to the English Language (1992), there are two broad types of language

1. variety
2. discipline
3. principles
4. attitudes

Correct answer: variety

Q10. Sociolinguistics is the ____study of the effect of any and all aspects of society.

1. collaborative
2. narrative
3. descriptive
4. prescriptive

Correct answer: descriptive