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Linguists view African American Vernacular English (AAVE) as:
 
  a. Inferior to Standard Spoken American English (SSAE).
  b. Neither superior nor inferior to SSAE.
  c. More complicated but less abstract than SSAE.
  d. Simpler than SSAE but more abstract.
  e. Linguists do not recognize the existence of AAVE.

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A study of speech norms in the United States indicated that:
 
  a. Social class has no effect on speech patterns.
  b. Each social class has only one norm regarding pronunciation.
  c. Variation of speech patterns is most characteristic of upwardly mobile social classes.
  d. The lowest classes make the most effort to impress others by using different speech forms in different situations.
  e. Studies of linguistic variation make no real contribution to understanding social class differences.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 10, 2018
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