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Reading Comprehension Test “Language in Society ”.

Name: _____________________________________ Class: ___________ Date: __________

I. - Complete the following sentences with the appropriate missing word (2 points each)14

1. - The term dialect has generally been used to refer to a _________ variety of a language.

2. - Social dialects say _____________ are and regional dialects ______________.

3. - The term __________ is restricted to the description of aspects of pronunciation that

identify where an individual speaker is from, regionally or socially.

4. - The term _________is used to describe features of grammar and vocabulary as well as

aspects of pronunciation.

5.- The terms _________and _________are, from a linguistic point of view, non-technical notions.

II. – Matching the term with its corresponding definition. (2 points each)

1. - _____ RP (Received Pronunciation.) A.- It is one that is generally perceived byHJHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH the dominant culture group as beingUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU inferior but which compels its speakersKJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ to use it to show membership in an

HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH exclusive community.

2. - _____ GA standard General English B. - concerned with variation in languageJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ conditioned by uses rather than usersJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ and involves consideration of theJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ situation or context of use, theJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ purpose, subject matter and content of HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH message

3.- _____ Register C.- It is generally one that is widelyJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ recognized as being used by a culturallyJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ dominant group. In England, this wouldJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ be RP.

4. -_____ an overt prestige dialect D.- It is sometimes also referred to as BBCJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ English, Oxford English and the King’sJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ English

5. -_____ A covert prestige dialect E. - It is a major accent of American English.

Score: /36

Grade:

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III .- Answer the following questions according to the text

A) Define the term “dual - lingualism” (6 points) __________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________

B) Give an example, according to the text, explaining the arbitrariness of linguistics criteria.(6 points)

__________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________

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PAUTA

I.- Complete

1.- Subordinate2.- Who we - Where we come from3.- Accent 4.- Dialect 5.- Language - Dialect

II.-

1.- D2.- E3.- B

4.- C5.- A

III.-

A) The term “dual lingualism” refers when speakers communicate with another while each speaking theirown language. It also facilities active learning of other languages.

B) Some cases are the west romance and the Germanic dialect. The West Romance dialect continuumstretches through rural communities from the Atlantic coast of France through Italy, Spain and Portugal.Mutual intelligibility exists between adjacent villages, although speakers of the standard varieties of French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese find one another mutually unintelligible to varying degrees.Similarly, the Germanic dialect continuum connects a series of historically related varieties that differ fromone another with respect to one or more features.