Sociolinguistics Flashcards
People move between formal and informal speech as a way to navigate different social expectations. This is called _____________.
Style shifting
In Sociolinguistics, descriptive grammar is:
How language is used.
What area of linguistics focuses on language and the influence of region, class, and gender?
Sociolinguistics
Another word we can use to describe style-shifting.
Register
T/F Language never changes and stays the same over the years.
False
What is the difference between prescriptive and descriptive grammar?
a. Prescriptive grammar is how language is used while descriptive grammar is how language “should” be used.
b. Prescriptive grammar is the “proper” use of language while descriptive grammar is how language is actually used.
b. Prescriptive grammar is the “proper” use of language while descriptive grammar is how language is actually used.
According to most linguists, why is there no such thing as “bad” English?
a. Because all dialects follow specific grammar rules.
b. To make English speakers who speak different dialects feel better.
c. Actually, there is bad English. The only good English is SAE.
d. Some English dialects are bad, but others are just as good as SAE.
A: Because all dialects follow specific grammar rules.
The English language derived from what language?
Celtic
Italic
Germanic
Hellenic
Germanic
True or False: Spanglish is a language.
False – it is a type of code-switching
What linguistic phenomena is occurring in this sentence? “Tengo que ir a la tienda to get some sodas for the party. Te llamo cuando llego, so you know that I got there safely.”
A. Codeswitching
B. Lexical insertion
C. Style shift
D. Incorrect grammar
A. Codeswitching
True or False. Covert prestige is not typically understood by the rest of mainstream America.
True
True or False. Covert prestige is not typically understood by the rest of mainstream America.
True
What is the difference between code-switching and style-shifting?
Style shifting moving between registers in the same language and code-switching is moving between two languages.
T/F All dialects are grammatical and rule-governed
True
Which of the following would not be considered part of sociolinguistics?
A. The study of socioeconomic factors and their influence on language study.
B. The study of attitudes of people towards certain speech characteristics.
C. The study of sounds in spoken language.
D. The study of dialect within a society.
C. The study of sounds in spoken language
