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Social Class and Language

This quiz will test your knowledge of the relationship between social class and language.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for the way that people's social class affects their language?

  1. Sociolect
  2. Dialect
  3. Register
  4. Idiom
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an example of a sociolect?

  1. The way that doctors talk to each other
  2. The way that teenagers talk to each other
  3. The way that lawyers talk to each other
  4. The way that scientists talk to each other
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for the way that people's language affects their social class?

  1. Linguistic determinism
  2. Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
  3. Whorfian hypothesis
  4. Language relativity
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an example of linguistic determinism?

  1. The fact that people who speak different languages have different worldviews
  2. The fact that people who speak different languages have different values
  3. The fact that people who speak different languages have different beliefs
  4. The fact that people who speak different languages have different behaviors
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for the way that people's language is influenced by their social context?

  1. Discourse analysis
  2. Pragmatics
  3. Sociolinguistics
  4. Conversation analysis
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an example of sociolinguistics?

  1. The study of how people use language to communicate with each other
  2. The study of how people's language is influenced by their social context
  3. The study of how people's language affects their social class
  4. The study of how people's language is used to create and maintain social order
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for the way that people's language is used to create and maintain social order?

  1. Discourse analysis
  2. Pragmatics
  3. Sociolinguistics
  4. Conversation analysis
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an example of discourse analysis?

  1. The study of how people use language to communicate with each other
  2. The study of how people's language is influenced by their social context
  3. The study of how people's language affects their social class
  4. The study of how people's language is used to create and maintain social order
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for the way that people's language is used to communicate with each other?

  1. Discourse analysis
  2. Pragmatics
  3. Sociolinguistics
  4. Conversation analysis
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an example of conversation analysis?

  1. The study of how people use language to create and maintain social order
  2. The study of how people's language is influenced by their social context
  3. The study of how people's language affects their social class
  4. The study of how people use language to communicate with each other
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for the way that people's language is used to create and maintain social identity?

  1. Discourse analysis
  2. Pragmatics
  3. Sociolinguistics
  4. Identity construction
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an example of identity construction?

  1. The way that people use language to create and maintain social order
  2. The way that people's language is influenced by their social context
  3. The way that people's language affects their social class
  4. The way that people use language to create and maintain their social identity
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for the way that people's language is used to create and maintain social power?

  1. Discourse analysis
  2. Pragmatics
  3. Sociolinguistics
  4. Power dynamics
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an example of power dynamics?

  1. The way that people use language to create and maintain social order
  2. The way that people's language is influenced by their social context
  3. The way that people's language affects their social class
  4. The way that people use language to create and maintain social power
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for the way that people's language is used to create and maintain social solidarity?

  1. Discourse analysis
  2. Pragmatics
  3. Sociolinguistics
  4. Solidarity
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an example of solidarity?

  1. The way that people use language to create and maintain social order
  2. The way that people's language is influenced by their social context
  3. The way that people's language affects their social class
  4. The way that people use language to create and maintain social solidarity
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