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Preguntas del test (9)
1What does standardisation mean?
- AKeeping different variations of language
- BMaking all variations of language conform to the standard language
- CMaking language the same
2When did standardisation occur?
- AWhen computers were invented
- BWhen more people were educated
- CIt has always been happening
3Overt Prestige is
- Arefers to speakers who use slang and similar
- Bpolitical correctness
- Crefers to status speakers get from using the most official and standard form of English.
4Covert prestige is
- Arefers to the status speakers who choose not to adopt a standard dialect get from a particular group within society
- Bchavy language
- Creceived pronunciation
5Convergence is part of Howard Giles' accommodation theory, what is convergence?
- AIt centres on pragmatics and how speakers adjust their speech behaviours to accommodate others, showing their need for approval.
- BPutting on a stronger accent
- CConvergence is prestige
6When was Estuary English coined and who by?
- A1970 - David Clarke
- B1980 - David Rosewarne
- C1985 - David Roseborne
7What were the three views of Dennis Freeborn?
- ADamp spoon, Disease, Crumbling castle
- BThe pretty view, The ugly view, The funny view
- CThe incorrectness view, The ugliness view, The impreciseness
8What is prescriptivism ?
- ANot caring that language is changing
- BJudgement about what is right and wrong and holds langauge up to an ideal standard that should be maintained.
9Descriptivism is....
- AAn attitude to language use that seeks to describe it without making value judgements
- BHaving a relaxed attitude to language
- CDamp spoon syndrome
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- Descripción
- A-Level English language Test sobre Language change quiz, creado por Sophie Jenkinson el 29/02/2016.
- Autor
- Sophie Jenkinson
- Idioma
- English
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- Historial
- Creado el 29 feb 2016 · actualizado el 5 jun 2016
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