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DecidewhethereachofthefollowingstatementsisTrueorFalse:1.Sociolinguisticsisthesub-disciplineoflinguisticsthatstudiessocialcontexts.F2.Languageasameansofsocialcommunicationisahomogeneoussystemwithahomogeneousgroupofspeakers.F3.Languageusevariesfromonespeechcommunitytoanother,fromoneregionalgrouptoanother,fromonesocialgrouptoanother,andevenfromoneindividualtoanother.T4.Thegoalofsociolinguisticsistoexplorethenatureoflanguagevariationandlanguageuseamongavarietyofspeechcommunitiesandindifferentsocialsituations.T5.Thelinguisticmarkersthatcharacterizeindividualsocialgroupsmayserveassocialmarkersofgroupmembership.T6.Fromthesociolinguisticperspective,theterm“speechvariety”cannotbeusedtorefertostandardlanguage,vernacularlanguage,dialectorpidgin.F7.Functionalspeechvarietiesareknownasregionaldialects.F8.Themostdistinguishablelinguisticfeatureofaregionaldialectisitsgrammarandusesofvocabulary.F9.Geographicalbarriersaretheonlysourceofregionalvariationoflanguage.F10.Aperson’ssocialbackgroundsdonotexertashapinginfluenceonhischoiceoflinguisticfeatures.F11.Twospeakersofthesamelanguageordialectusetheirlanguageordialectinthesameway.F12.Everyspeakerofalanguageis,inastrictersense,aspeakerofadistinctidiolect.T13.Thestandardlanguageisabetterlanguagethannonstandardlanguages.F14.Alinguafrancacanonlybeusedwithinaparticularcountryforcommunicationamonggroupsofpeoplewithdifferentlinguisticbackgrounds.F15.Pidginsarelinguisticallyinferiortostandardlanguages.F16.Apidginusuallyreflectstheinfluenceofthehigher,ordominant,languageinitslexiconandthatofthelowerlanguageintheirphonologyandoccasionallysyntax.T17.Themajordifferencebetweenapidginandacreoleisthattheformerusuallyhasitsnativespeakerswhilethelatterdoesn’t.F18.Bilingualismanddiglossiameanthesamething.F19.Thekindofnameortermspeakersusetocallorrefertosomeonemayindicatesomethingoftheirsocialrelationshiptoorpersonalfeelingsaboutthatindividual.T20.Theuseofeuphemismshastheeffectofremovingderogatoryovertonesandthedisassociativeeffectassuchisusuallylong-lasting.FII.Fillineachoftheblanksbelowwithonewordwhichbeginswiththelettergiven:21.Thesocialgroupisolatedforanygivenstudyiscalledthespeechc___community_____.22.Speechv_____variety____referstoanydistinguishableformofspeechusedbyaspeakerorgroupofspeakers.23.Fromthesociolinguisticperspective,aspeechvarietyisnomorethanad_____dialectal_____varietyofalanguage.24.Languagestandardizationisalsocalledlanguagep___planning____.25.Socialvariationgivesrisetos__sociolects_______whicharesubdivisibleintosmallerspeechcategoriesthatreflecttheirsocioeconomic,educational,occupationalbackground,etc.26.S_____Stylistic__variationinaperson’sspeechorwritingusuallyrangesonacontinuumfromcasualorcolloquialtoformalorpoliteaccordingtothetypeofcommunicativesituation.27.Aregionaldialectmaygainstatusandbecomestandardizedasthenationaloro____official____languageofacountry.28.Thestandardlanguageisas_____superimposed____,sociallyprestigiousdialectoflanguage.29.Languagevarietiesotherthanthestandardarecallednonstandard,orv____vernacular___languages.30.Apidgintypicallylacksini_inflectional__Idiolect____morphemes.31.Linguistictabooreflectss___social______taboo.32.Theavoidanceofusingtaboolanguagemirrorssocialattitudes,emotionsandvaluejudgmentsandhasnol_____linguistic____basis.III.Therearefourchoicesfollowingeachstatement.Markthechoicethatcanbestcompletethestatement:33._______isconcernedwiththesocialsignificanceoflanguagevariationandlanguageuseindifferentspeechcommunities.A.PsycholinguisticsB.SociolinguisticsC.HistoricallinguisticsD.Generallinguistics34.Themostdistinguishablelinguisticfeatureofaregionaldialectisits_____.A.useofwordsB.useofstructuresC.accentD.morphemes35.____isspeechvariationaccordingtotheparticularareawhereaspeakercomesfrom.A.RegionalvariationB.LanguagevariationC.SocialvariationD.Registervariation36._______arethemajorsourceofregionalvariationoflanguage.A.GeographicalbarriersB.Loyaltytoandconfidenceinone’snativespeechC.PhysicaldiscomfortandpsychologicalresistancetochangeD.Socialbarriers37._________meansthatcertainauthorities,suchasthegovernmentchoose,aparticularspeechvariety,standardizeitandspreadtheuseofitacrossregionalboundaries.A.LanguageinterferenceB.LanguagechangesC.LanguageplanningD.Languagetransfer38._________inaperson’sspeechorwritingusuallyrangesonacontinuumfromcasualorcolloquialtoformalorpoliteaccordingtothetypeofcommunicativesituation.A.RegionalvariationB.ChangesinemotionsC.VariationinconnotationsD.Stylisticvariation39.A____isavarietyoflanguagethatservesasamediumofcommunicationamonggroupsofpeoplefordiverselinguisticbackgrounds.A.linguafrancaB.registerC.CreoleD.nationallanguage40.Although_______aresimplifiedlanguageswithreducedgrammaticalfeatures,theyarerule-governed,likeanyhumanlanguage.A.vernacularlanguagesB.creolesC.pidginsD.sociolects41.Innormalsituations,____speakerstendtousemoreprestigiousformsthantheir____counterpartswiththesamesocialbackground.A.female;maleB.male;femaleC.old;youngD.young;old42.Alinguistic____referstoawordorexpressionthatisprohibitedbythepolit