Anglistik 3 | Department of English Language and Linguistics

Sociolinguistics

Quiz

Which of the following observations describe the relationship between (a) and (b) appropriately?
(a) Kindly extinguish the illumination upon exiting.
(b) Please turn off the lights on your way out.
1. (a) and (b) are two linguistic varieties of English.
2. (a) is from a more formal language variety than (b).
3. (a) and (b) illustrate the phenomenon of language variation.
4. (a) and (b) are variants from two different registers of English.
5. (b) is a non-standard version of (a).
Mark those statements below which are correct:
1. A dialect is generally considered to be a regional variety of a language.
2. The term register refers to the special vocabulary of a particular profession.
3. The distinction between a dialect and a language is not always clear.
4. The terms formal and informal often refer to register or style.
5. The term jargon refers to the social background of a speaker.