简答题_________ in a person’s speech or writing usually ranges on a continuum from casual or colloquial to formal or polite according to the type of communicative situation. A、Regional variation B、Emotional variation C、Social variation D、Stylistic variation简答题Ferguson has defined the term Diglossia as a relatively stable language situation in which a High Variety is used in government, the media, education, and for religious services while a Low Variety is used in family conversations and other relatively informal settings.简答题The aim of field work is to find out how people talk when they are not being systematically observed, but the data are available only through systematic observation. This is called by Labov as Observer’s _____________. A、 Problem B、Trouble C、Paradox D、Difficulty简答题If you are invited to dinner by a friend but you already have plans for that evening which you cannot change, you have to refuse it. The polite way to refuse it is to say “thank you”, but neither accept nor reject the invitation.简答题Sociolinguistics studies the speech patterns of the social interactions of the groups, either large or small. The groups in the interactions are called _______ in sociolinguistics. A、 speech communities B、communities C、social groups D、social communities多选题Communicative ________ was established by Hymes to refer to the repertoire of know-how that individuals must develop if they are able to communicate with one another appropriately in the changing situations and conditions. A、Incompetence B、Competence C、Inability D、Ability简答题In the following situations, ______ is not called an institutional setting. A、court proceedings B、 doctor-patient interactions C、family talk D、classroom interactions简答题If you go to visit your high school teacher in your hometown, you would choose the language code that he/she feels comfortable.多选题A linguistic _______refers to a polite word or expression that you use instead of a more direct one to avoid shocking or upsetting someone. A、slang B、taboo C、jargon D、Euphemism多选题Hymes changed “ethnography of speaking” into “ethnography of communication” in his later stage, because he found that in any speech event ______ features are also important. A、structural B、 semantic C、phonetic D、extralinguistic简答题The professor switches from English to Mandarin when explaining an academic term. This is an example of code-switching.简答题The father of modern linguistics,________, has already recognized that language is a “social fact". A、Chomsky B、Saussure C、Hymes D、Labov简答题Sociolinguistics is inherently interdisciplinary. There are interconnections between sociolinguistics and other disciplines like pragmatics, sociology, anthropology, psychology, cognitive linguistics, and discourse analysis.简答题Macro-sociolinguistic studies are concerned with language choice in bilingual or multilingual communities, language planning, language policy, and language attitudes.简答题The main languages used in Hong Kong are Cantonese, Mandarin, and English. Hong Kong is a multilingual society.简答题Language planning, usually by a government or government agency, is concerning choice of national or official language(s), ways of spreading the use of a language, spelling reforms, and etc.简答题The language used by someone whose family were originally French settlers in the southern U. S. can be called a _______. A、creole B、dialect C、official language D、standard language简答题Milroy used the term “a ______ network” to refer to a network in which the people you know and interact with also know and interact with each other. A、loose B、dense C、 multiplex D、simple简答题The SPEAKING formula is proposed by Hymes.简答题If you want to ask someone for help, you have to apologize beforehand for the possible inconvenience. This is called negative politeness.