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Social Class and Language

Description: This quiz will test your knowledge of the relationship between social class and language.
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What is the term for the way that people's social class affects their language?

  1. Sociolect

  2. Dialect

  3. Register

  4. Idiom

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A sociolect is a variety of language that is used by a particular social group.

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

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Teenagers have their own unique way of speaking that is different from the way that adults speak.

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

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Linguistic determinism is the theory that the structure of a language affects the way that its speakers think and behave.

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

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis is the theory that the structure of a language affects the way that its speakers think and behave.

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

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Sociolinguistics is the study of the relationship between language and society.

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

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Sociolinguistics is the study of the relationship between language and society.

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

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Discourse analysis is the study of how language is used to create and maintain social order.

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

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Discourse analysis is the study of how language is used to create and maintain social order.

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

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Conversation analysis is the study of how people use language to communicate with each other.

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

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Conversation analysis is the study of how people use language to communicate with each other.

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

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Identity construction is the way that people use language to create and maintain their social identity.

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

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Identity construction is the way that people use language to create and maintain their social identity.

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

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Power dynamics is the way that people use language to create and maintain social power.

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

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Power dynamics is the way that people use language to create and maintain social power.

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

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Solidarity is the way that people use language to create and maintain social solidarity.

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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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Solidarity is the way that people use language to create and maintain social solidarity.

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