Linguistics Quiz

Linguistics Quiz

12th Grade

10 Qs

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Linguistics Quiz

Linguistics Quiz

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Quiz

English

12th Grade

Easy

Created by

Irdina Syihan

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term used to describe the uniqueness in the language use of each individual speaker?

Dialect

Accent

Idiolect

Language

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many idiolects are estimated to exist for the English language?

450 million

100 million

1 billion

146 billion

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term used to describe a version of a language spoken by a group of people?

Accent

Language

Idiolect

Dialect

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When do we say there is a dialect of a language?

When there are systematic differences in the way each group speaks the language

When there are no differences in grammar

When there are no differences in pronunciation

When there are no variations in vocabulary

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term used to describe the movement toward greater uniformity and less variation among dialects?

Regional Dialects

Language Variation

Dialect Diversity

Dialect Leveling

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How do we differentiate between dialects and languages?

By the geographical location

By mutual intelligibility and systematic differences

By the number of speakers

By the writing system used

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term used to describe a regional or social variety of a language distinguished by pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary?

Language Variation

Dialect

Idiolect

Accent

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