A Level English Language and region

Question 1

What is a variety of language with distinctive features of phonology called ?

Answer 1

Accent

Question 2

who do we associate with a famous study of Martha’s Vineyard ?

Answer 2

William Labov

Question 3

What is a type of consonant sound produced by obstructing airflow in vocal tract? It’s ipa symbol is <?>

Answer 3

Glottle stop

Question 4

What do we call prejudice and discrimination based on a persons accent ?

Answer 4

Proxy

Question 5

What is a unit of sound?

Answer 5

Phoneme

Question 6

What do we call prejudice and discrimination based on a persons accent ?

Answer 6

Accentism

Question 7

Give another name for Received Pronunciation
(RP)

Answer 7

Estuary

Question 8

Switching between different language varieties according to context is called what ?

Answer 8

Code- Switching

Question 9

Pronouncing ‘think’ as ‘fink’ is what type of phonological feature?

Answer 9

TH fronting

Question 10

What is idiolect ?

Answer 10

Language used by individuals

Question 11

Give an example of a regional dialect grammar ?

Answer 11

‘’ We Was’’

Question 12

Give an example of a regional dialect Lexis

Answer 12

Mardy

Question 13

When the speech styles of two or more people more people mover. closer together it is called?

Question 14

Who do we associate with a famous matched- guised study into attitude to accent ?

Answer 14

Howard Giles