L&L_Spread of English

The language variation which is accompanied by phonological differences is called...

________ is an official language which is used as a means of communication among those groups that don't speak each other's language.

True or False? Accent is a variety of a language that is a characteristic of a particular group of the language's speakers, e.g. British accent, American accent, Australian accents.

• True
• False

Fill in the gap with a suitable word or phrase in a correct form + use the word in brackets: The terms “phonetics” and “phonology” __________ (often) by laypeople, but once you get the difference you will not make a mistake anymore.

Choose the right statement(s).

• Language variety and language dialect mean the same thing.
• Scouse is spoken in Newcastle.
• You could say that sociolinguists are looking to see how our speech is influenced by who we are and what we are doing.
• Not all native speakers have their own idiolects. Some just match their speech to the regional language variety.

Draw a scheme for a sentence: "The dog saw a man in the park"

Fill in the gaps: to correspond

What are the cases of grammar conservatism?

What are the branches of linguistics?

Draw your favourite fruit!