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It is a branch of Linguistics that studies how languages are related to society.
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Sociology of Language
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Sociolinguistics
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Psycholinguistics
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What is a dialect?
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It is a phonological variation of a language (British English - American English)
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It is the usage of a language given by each individual
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It is the variation of a language still being the same language (British English - American English)
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What is the difference between Ethnography and Ethnolinguistics?
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Ethnography studies the structure of language and focuses on a specific field of language; Ethnolinguistics focuses on the use of language in a particular place or region.
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Ethnography focuses on the use of language in a particular region; Ethnolinguistics studies the structure of language and focuses on a particular area of the language.
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Ethnography studies specific ethnic groups and their phonological variations of language; Ethnolinguistics focuses on the usage people give to language
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People who are part of a jargon or a speech community are the only ones able to understand the variations of language involved. If true, what is the difference between a jargon and a speech community?
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A jargon occurs in a working field (hospitals, mechanical workshops, laboratories, etc); Speech communities are more informal and they are commonly born after a trend, a video-game, a cartoon, etc.
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A jargon is not part of a dialect and develops in a working field (hospitals, mechanical workshops, laboratories, etc); Speech communities are more informal and they are commonly born after a trend, a video-game, a cartoon, etc.
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The statement is not true
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A vernacular language is a "standart language" which people consider the most proper for everyone to speak.
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True
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False. A vernacular language is the one spoken only by people who appear on television
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False. A vernacular language is the one that is spoken by the royalty
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A vernacular language is a "standart language" which people consider the most proper for everyone to speak.
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True
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False. A vernacular language is the one spoken only by people who appear on television
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False. A vernacular language is the one that is spoken by the royalty
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The register of a language can be:
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Correct or incorrect
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Formal or informal
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Polite or rude
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When a pidgin has been spoken by many generations, it becomes a creole.
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True
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False. A pidgin becomes a creole because of a need
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False. A creole becomes a pidgin after being spoken by many generations
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A pidgin is born because of a need
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True
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False. A pidgin is born because it has been spoken by many generations
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False. A pidgin is born after a creole is born
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What is an accent?
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It is a syntactic variation of a language
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It is a morphological variation of a language
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It is a phonological variation of a language
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