Language and Society, Exams of English Language

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SOUTHEASTERN COLLEGE OF PADADA, INC.
Nat’l Highway Brgy. Southern Paligue, 8007 Padada, Davao del Sur, Philippines
www.southeasterncollege.net,email:[email protected]
Tel. No: (082)272-0360
ENG 11a (Language and Society)
1st Prelim
Name: Score:
Direction: Answer the questions briefly and concisely. (5 points each)
1. What is the relationship between language and society?
2. Why do we say the same thing in different ways?
3. Differentiate diglossia from bilingualism.
4. What is hypercorrection? Give an example.
5. Differentiate status and solidarity.
6. Discuss Labov’s three stages of language change.
7. Differentiate accommodation from dissociation.
8. What are the factors that can accelerate language change?
9. Discuss social networks (dense, low-density, multiplex).
10. How can we maintain and preserve language?
Prepared by: Christy Maximarie M. Espacio

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SOUTHEASTERN COLLEGE OF PADADA, INC.

Nat’l Highway Brgy. Southern Paligue, 8007 Padada, Davao del Sur, Philippines www.southeasterncollege.net,email:[email protected] Tel. No: (082)272- ENG 11a (Language and Society) 1 st^ Prelim Name: Score: Direction: Answer the questions briefly and concisely. (5 points each)

  1. What is the relationship between language and society?
  2. Why do we say the same thing in different ways?
  3. Differentiate diglossia from bilingualism.
  4. What is hypercorrection? Give an example.
  5. Differentiate status and solidarity.
  6. Discuss Labov’s three stages of language change.
  7. Differentiate accommodation from dissociation.
  8. What are the factors that can accelerate language change?
  9. Discuss social networks (dense, low-density, multiplex).
  10. How can we maintain and preserve language? Prepared by: Christy Maximarie M. Espacio