Comm Stud Icebreaker

What does the acronym CARD stand for?

• Communicative Behaviors

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  Registers

• Registers

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  Communication Studies

• Dialectal variation

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  Attitudes to language

• Attitudes to language

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  Dialectal Disparities

This is highest standard on the language continuum when referring to dialectal variation.

• Basilect

• Acrolect

• Acrilect

• Mesolect

I am a factor that influences a person's choice of dialect. I speak French and Spanish but speak Spanish more often because I am from Columbia. What factor am I?

• Education

• Status

• Economic

• Familiarity

The term "haalmuos" is what type of dialectal variety?

• Basilect

• Mesolect

• Bacrolect

• Acrolect

The involuntary and intrusive mixture of two or more language features is referred to as what?

• Code switching

• Interference

• Dialect merging
• Code-mixing

Mary and Bob are discussing how to tell Susie to use deodorant. "She ain't smell har arm in the morning, ee?" What type of language register is being used?

• Informal or Casual language register

• Consultative register

• Private register

• Formal language register

Who identified the six types of language varieties identified in the Caribbean?

• John M. Smith
• Ulanda Thompson

• Maria K. Johnson
• Peter Roberts

BONUS: What is Papiamentu?

• A creole language spoken in the Dutch Caribbean
• A style of martial arts
• A traditional dance in South America
• A type of pasta dish