Mid Term 2 section 3

Question 1

Social Meaning of Language

Answer 1

we signal and enact our social identities through the ways we speak (language and social identities)

Question 2

Language Varieties

Answer 2

regional, local speakers involved in all social interactions

Question 3

Multilingualism

Answer 3

most people are proficient in more than one language and language varieties

Question 4

Individual Multilingualism

Answer 4

a particular person commands two or more languages

Question 5

Societal Multilingualism

Answer 5

society as a whole permits the use of two or more official languages (ex: Canada- english and french)

Question 6

Language Standardization

Answer 6

involves the determination of which language can be recognized for official purposes

Question 7

Language Ideology

Answer 7

set of beliefs on language or a particular language shared by members of a community

Question 8

Bilingualism

Answer 8

tolerant and progressive; comes with social, cultural, and economic advantages

Question 9

Ideology of the Standard

Answer 9

perception that language in a rigid and unchanging system (vernacular varieties seen as backward and less desirable)

Question 10

Ideology of the Dialect

Answer 10

legitimizing the language of the community (creates a community identity)

Question 11

Codeswitching

Answer 11

switching from one language to another in appropriate settings

Question 12

Diglossia

Answer 12

superposed variation, often-related languages are divided by function

Question 13

Factors affecting codeswitching

Answer 13

gender, level of involvement outside English speaking world, employment, age, and speaker’s individual preferences

Question 14

Communication Dyads

Answer 14

languages that caretakers spoke to each other, languages that caretakers spoke to children, languages that children spoke to caretakers, languages that children spoke to each other

Question 15

Acadjonne or Acadian French

Answer 15

french spoken by the pilgrims of Canada, represents the vitality and preservation of Francophone minorities.

Question 16

Ecology of Communication

Answer 16

analyze and depict the links between individuals, collectives, and networks’ social interactions, discourse, communication medium, and technology in physical and digital settings