Chapter One The Territory – Multiple Choice: B C C A C D B A B D A A D E C B A D A A A A C Essay/Short Answer: It is a social tool, rule-governed, and generative. Syntax, morphology, phonology, semantics, pragmatics The deficit approach to dialects assigns status based on the amount of variation from the standard. The sociolinguistic approach recognizes all dialects as valid and related forms of a language with no relative status assigned. Government policy, dwindling indigenous populations, the movements of populations to cities, mass media, lack of education of the young, use of the internet (need to converse in one language is fostering increasing use of English). American Sign Language, for example, does not use speech as a vehicle for transmission. It is a separate language with its own rules for symbol combinations. This is not unique to ASL; there are approximately 50 sign languages used worldwide. The degree to which a speaker is successful in communicating, measured by the appropriateness and effectiveness of the message. Use of gestures, body posture, facial expression, eye contact, head and body movement, and physical distance/proxemics.
Chapter One – The Territory Multiple Choice: B C C A C D B A B D A A D E C B A D A A A A C Essay/Short Answer: It is a social tool, rule-governed, and generative. Syntax, morphology, phonology, semantics, pragmatics The deficit approach to dialects assigns status based on the amount of variation from the standard. The sociolinguistic approach recognizes all dialects as valid and related forms of a language with no relative status assigned. Government policy, dwindling indigenous populations, the movements of populations to cities, mass media, lack of education of the young, use of the internet (need to converse in one language is fostering increasing use of English). American Sign Language, for example, does not use speech as a vehicle for transmission. It is a separate language with its own rules for symbol combinations. This is not unique to ASL; there are approximately 50 sign languages used worldwide. The degree to which a speaker is successful in communicating, measured by the appropriateness and effectiveness of the message. Use of gestures, body posture, facial expression, eye contact, head and body movement, and physical distance/proxemics.
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