myLING 102 - Chapter 7, Language and Variation

The concept of prestige in language _____ [CHOOSE THREE]

ALL except "Remains constant with a speech community"

Which of the following is an example of a speech community:

All of the above

What determines the extent languages are mutually intelligible?

An extent of their contact

More of this type of dialect came to hawaii from japan than any other.

Chugoku-Ben

Hawaiian changed from an ___ to a ___

Covert language to Overt language

In dialectology, what is an 'isogloss'?

Geographic boundaries between dialects on linguistic maps, marking where certain linguistic features are found

The heavy influence of Chugoku-ben on Hawai'ian was due to _____.

Japanese plantation workers in Hawai'i arranging for picture brides from their home prefectures

Shanghainese, Cantonese, Mandarin are _____.

Mutually unintelligible dialects of Chinese

Overt prestige refers to _____.

Respect bestowed on users of a standard dialect within a broader speech community

That one talks to their grandparents differently than their friends is an example of _____.

Style shifting

Internal Variation

The systematic differences existing within languages

A standard dialect is ______.

The variety that is often used in higher domains such as the media and politics

'Style shifting' refers to ______.

Using the appropriate style or register for a given speech community

Language variation of Martha's Vineyard

Varied by socioeconomic status, and age

Community of Practice

different individuals and groups of individuals within a community have different wants and goals

choose 2 which relate to a community of practice

look for it in chapter 7

how are different speech communities identified

switching speech styles

On Niihau the _ is used more than the _

t is used more than k

What are japanese women language expectations and why arent they used

they include sentence final particles, and are too demanding to be used daily, so they are only used in shows.

what's an example of internal variation

use of German, french, ... in country X