Author Question: Diglossia refers to _______. a. fluency in two languages b. an inability to speak c. a practice ... (Read 43 times)

ssal · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

Diglossia refers to _______.

a. fluency in two languages
b. an inability to speak
c. a practice of using more than one form of the same language within the same language community
d. a speech problem that causes a person to not be able to associate words with meanings
e. the inability of a person to learn more than one language during a lifetime

Question 2

Sociolinguistics concentrates on variations in language that _______.

a. are likely to become extinct in the next 50 years
b. do not change over time
c. have a majority of bilingual speakers
d. depend upon the social situations or contexts in which the speaker operates
e. are caused by colonialism or political systems of oppression