It is a branch of Linguistics that studies how languages are related to society.
Sociology of Language
Sociolinguistics
Psycholinguistics
What is a dialect?
It is a phonological variation of a language (British English - American English)
It is the usage of a language given by each individual
It is the variation of a language still being the same language (British English - American English)
What is the difference between Ethnography and Ethnolinguistics?
Ethnography studies the structure of language and focuses on a specific field of language; Ethnolinguistics focuses on the use of language in a particular place or region.
Ethnography focuses on the use of language in a particular region; Ethnolinguistics studies the structure of language and focuses on a particular area of the language.
Ethnography studies specific ethnic groups and their phonological variations of language; Ethnolinguistics focuses on the usage people give to language
People who are part of a jargon or a speech community are the only ones able to understand the variations of language involved. If true, what is the difference between a jargon and a speech community?
A jargon occurs in a working field (hospitals, mechanical workshops, laboratories, etc); Speech communities are more informal and they are commonly born after a trend, a video-game, a cartoon, etc.
A jargon is not part of a dialect and develops in a working field (hospitals, mechanical workshops, laboratories, etc); Speech communities are more informal and they are commonly born after a trend, a video-game, a cartoon, etc.
The statement is not true
A vernacular language is a "standart language" which people consider the most proper for everyone to speak.
True
False. A vernacular language is the one spoken only by people who appear on television
False. A vernacular language is the one that is spoken by the royalty
The register of a language can be:
Correct or incorrect
Formal or informal
Polite or rude
When a pidgin has been spoken by many generations, it becomes a creole.
False. A pidgin becomes a creole because of a need
False. A creole becomes a pidgin after being spoken by many generations
A pidgin is born because of a need
False. A pidgin is born because it has been spoken by many generations
False. A pidgin is born after a creole is born
What is an accent?
It is a syntactic variation of a language
It is a morphological variation of a language
It is a phonological variation of a language
