TOPIC 1 - Language Choice in Multilingual Communities Quiz

What is the process individuals go through to decide which specific dialect or language variety to use in conversation?

• Diglossia

• Code-switching

• Social distancing

• Choosing your variety or code

In diglossia, what is the variety known as the 'high' or 'H' variety typically used for?

• Ordinary daily talk

• Standardized and complex settings

• Informal, everyday communication

• Formal, official, or prestigious contexts

Which language is the official language of Malaysia and is used in formal contexts such as education, government, and media?

• Standard Malay

• Katharevousa Greek

• Classical Latin

• Demotic Greek

What is code-switching produced at the level of between clauses, outside the sentence, or between sentences?

• Sentence level

• Tag switching

• Emblematic switching

• Translanguaging

What is the ability to move fluidly between languages and a pedagogical approach to teaching in which teachers support this ability called?

• Code-mixing

• Switching solidarity

• Diglossia

• Translanguaging

What does emblematic switching or tag switching serve as between two minority ethnic group members?

• Language marker

• Distance marker

• Ethnic identity marker

• Solidarity marker

In terms of topic discussed, what does no change in terms of language spoken but in terms of topic discussed symbolize?

• Change in language

• Change in formality

• Change in relationship

• Change in setting

What is the insertion of another language at the level of word and phrase called?

• Translanguaging

• Diglossia

• Code-switching

• Code-mixing

What is the 'low' or 'L' variety typically used for in diglossia?

• Standardized and complex settings

• Formal, official, or prestigious contexts

• Ordinary daily talk

• Informal, everyday communication

What does code-switching involve participants/absentee, solidarity, and status?

• Translanguaging

• Emblematic switching

• Switching solidarity

• Tag switching