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Yi-Chen

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Which of these statements related to the study of sociolinguistics is FALSE?
 
  a. When terms of address used between people are not reciprocal, this is an indication of social inequalitybetween those interacting.
 b. How a person speaks may be used by others to make judgments about that person's sexual orientation orsocial class location.
 c. Gender is the only social characteristic that is not consistently reflected in speech patterns and norms forcommunication within any given culture.
 d. Speech patterns, mannerisms, and other non-verbal communication are used by people to manage theimpressions that others have of them.

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Which of the following are sociolinguistics concerned with?
 
  a. Variations in speech according to status and rank
  b. The effect of gender on linguistic usage
  c. Taboos and other customs that shape language patterns
  d. All of these are of interest to sociolinguistics.


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Carissamariew

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Reply #1 on: Jul 10, 2018
Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

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Reply 2 on: Jul 10, 2018
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