Valeria Concha Maurelia Pedagoga en Ingles UCSC

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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, nontechnical notions. II. Matching the term with its corresponding definition. (2 points each) 1. - _____ RP (Received Pronunciation.) A.- It is one that is generally perceived by HJHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH the dominant culture group as being UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU inferior but which compels its speakers KJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ to use it to show membership in an HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH exclusive community.

2. - _____ GA standard General English B. - concerned with variation in language JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ conditioned by uses rather than users JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ and involves consideration of the JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ situation or context of use, the JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ purpose, subject matter and content of HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH message

3.- _____ Register C.- It is generally one that is widely JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ recognized as being used by a culturally JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ dominant group. In England, this would JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ be RP.

4. -_____ an overt prestige dialect D.- It is sometimes also referred to as BBC JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ English, Oxford English and the Kings JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ English 5. -_____ A covert prestige dialect E. - It is a major accent of American English.

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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.- Subordinate 2.- Who we - Where we come from 3.- Accent 4.- Dialect 5.- Language - Dialect II.1.- D 2.- E 3.- B 4.- C 5.- A III.A) The term dual lingualism refers when speakers communicate with another while each speaking their own language. It also facilities active learning of other languages.

B)

Some cases are the west romance and the Germanic dialect. The West Romance dialect continuum stretches 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 from one another with respect to one or more features.