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Research in Belgium by Jef van der Broeck revealed what differences in middle-class and working-class speech patterns?
 
  a. Middle-class speakers use the same amount of sentence complexity as working-class speakers, but a larger vocabulary.
  b. There was almost no difference in middle-class and working-class speech in Belgium, which is highly unusual.
  c. Working-class speakers are more likely to use unusual word choices in order to impress others when they feel uncomfortable because of class differences.
  d. Middle-class and working-class sentence complexity is the same for informal speech, but in formal speech situations, middle-class speakers use more complex sentences.

Question 2

As her life progresses, a traditional Chinese woman's names __________.
 
  a. accumulate with prestige
  b. change to reflect new statuses
  c. take on good or bad references in her community
  d. are dropped until they are all gone



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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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