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ÖABT2020 – Dilbilim kavrama testi

PART 6– Sociolinguistics

1. Which of the following is not among the 5. Because each of us belong to different
areas that sociolinguistic studies focus social groups, we each speak a language
on? variety made up of a combination of
features slightly different from those
A) How language is used in distinct characteristics of any other speaker of the
social contexts language.
B) Prestige affiliated with a specific
variety in diglossic situations Which of the following terms best
C) The interpretability of the expression describes the situation given above?
considering its reference
D) How language differs according to the A) Vernacular
variables related to the community B) Slang
E) The use of slang among the members C) Accent
of a specific group D) Dialect
E) Idiolect

2. What is the term used to refer to a type

of internal variation in which two
varieties differ in pronunciation, lexicon
and basic grammatical features?

A) Idiolect
B) Accent 6. What is the term used to refer to a
C) Dialect group of people who share certain
D) Diglossia language-using practices, which posits
E) Prestige that conversation operates within
community-defined conventions?

A) Discourse community
3. The distinction between language and B) Mutual intelligibility
dialect is based on the notion of -----: C) Bilingualism
Dialects of the same language involve D) Diglossia
shared understanding among its members E) Isogloss
while different languages do not.

Choose the option that completes the

sentence.

A) bilingualism
B) mutual intelligibility
C) diglossia
D) discourse community
E) speech community 7. Sometimes a pidgin becomes stable and
established and comes to be spoken as a
mother-tongue by children: -----.

4. In some circumstances, it is regarded as a Choose the alternative which best

complete language that is capable of completes the sentence.
describing the world from the perspective
of a group. For instance, in a prison, it has A) the language then becomes extinct
been argued that prisoners live, think, and B) the speakers of the language talk
function within the framework defined by it. differently
C) the language starts to lose its
Which of the following terms is vocabulary
described above? D) the language has then become a
creole
A) Diglossia E) the language has later used in a
B) Profanity diglossic situation
C) Argot
D) Idiolect
E) Pidgin
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8. ----- is a term in sociolinguistics for a group 11. In Haiti, standard French and Haitian
of people who use the same variety of a Creole French exist alongside each other
language and who share specific rules for in a single society. Each variety has its
speaking and for interpreting speech. own fixed functions – one a ‘high’
prestigious variety and one a ‘low’ or
Choose the option that completes the colloquial one.
sentence.
Which of the following terms best
A) Speech community describes the situation given above?
B) Dialect continuum
C) Mutual intelligibility A) Idiolect
D) Dialect boundary B) Isogloss
E) Internal variation C) Diglossia
D) Accent
E) Vernacular

9. In sociolinguistics, ----- is concerned with

linguistic forms (corpus forms, i.e.,
selection and codification) as well as the
social and communicative functions of
language (status planning, i.e., acceptance
and elaboration).
12. The language which provide the pidgin
with semantic environment is called -----
language.

Choose the option that completes the Choose the alternative which best
sentence. completes the sentence.

A) bilingualism A) vernacular
B) standardization B) vulgar
C) diglossia C) substrate
D) vernacular D) standard
E) creole E) lexifier

10. Which of the following is false of

“pidgin”?
13. What is the term used to refer to the
A) It is a simplified form of speech out of language of particular group,
one or more existing languages. profession, region or country,
B) A pidgin is used as a lingua franca by especially as spoken rather than the
people who do not have common formally written?
language.
C) It is nobody’s mother tongue in the A) Vernacular
community in which it is spoken. B) Slang
D) It is the official language of the society C) Jargon
for daily purposes such as trade and D) Idiolect
education. E) Diglossia
E) A pidgin is also regarded as a
‘reduced’ variety of a ‘normal’
language.
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14. There is nothing in the particular language 17.

itself that determines its worth: It is the - It is regarded as an offensive
connection of language in question to the language.
phenomena of power that determines the - It involves obscene and profane
value of that language and that contributes words.
to the standardization process.
Which of the following terms is
Which of the following terms best described above?
describes the given situation?
A) Vernacular
A) Prestige B) Vulgar
B) Bilingualism C) Diglossia
C) Diglossia D) Euphemism
D) Monolingualism E) Taboo words
E) Argot

18. Imagine a group of card players who like to

cheat during the game. In cheating, they
employ a set of vocabulary and idiomatic
expressions to refer to specific instances in
the game.

15. Which of the following terms refers to Which of the following terms best
the process by which participants in a explains the given example?
conversation adjust their accent,
diction, or other aspects of language A) Slang
according to the speech style of the B) Euphemism
other participant? C) Argot
D) Prestige
A) Mutual intelligibility E) Idiolect
B) Speech accommodation
C) Language change
D) Dialect continuum
E) Internal variation

16. Which of the following is false of a

“register”?

A) It is determined by such factors as

social occasion, context, purpose and
audience.
B) A register is limited to spoken
language and excludes such forms as
writing and sign language.
C) A register involves a degree of
formality with which populations use
language.
D) Registers involve jargon, which is the
technical vocabulary associated with
the register.
E) Registers help a listener to determine
the context for the content of one’s
speech.
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1 C 6 A 11 C 16 B
2 C 7 D 12 E 17 B
3 B 8 A 13 A 18 C
4 C 9 B 14 A
5 E 10 D 15 B