Author Question: In egalitarian societies, people may differ in prestige, but these differences are not related to ... (Read 109 times)

jc611 · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

In egalitarian societies, people may differ in prestige, but these differences are not related to __________.

A) social group
B) age
C) personal abilities
D) sex

Question 2

Which statement below describes the findings from van de Broeck's 1977 study of syntactic variation in Belguim?

A Working class speakers used simpler syntax in formal situations than informal situations.
B Working class speakers used more complicated syntax in formal situations than informal situations.
C Middle class speakers used more complicated syntax in informal situations than formal situations.
D Syntactic complexity did not change for middle class speakers in formal and informal situations.
E Syntactic complexity did not change for working class speakers in formal and informal situations.