What is an example of what Bourdieu calls symbolic domination in the context of language use?
A. in an egalitarian society, the promotion of linguistic diversity
B. pride in one's linguistic heritage, regardless of what the majority thinks
C. the fact that in a stratified society, even people who do not speak the prestige dialect tend to accept it as standard or superior
D. focal vocabulary contrasts among groups
E. Chomsky's insistence that the universal grammar defines all culture
Question 2
What type of term is used to convey or imply a status difference between the speaker and the person being referred to or addressed?
A. formal addresses, but sociolinguists rarely pay attention to them, because their use in a social situation is always a result of linguistic exploitation
B. honorifics
C. style shifts
D. diglossia
E. linguistic relational
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