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craiczarry

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What term refers to the existence of high and low dialects within a single language?
 
  A. displacement
  B. diglossia
  C. semantics
  D. kinesics
  E. lexicon

Question 2

________ refers to the specialized set of terms and distinctions that are particularly important to certain groups.
 
  A. Syntactical vocabulary
  B. Spatial vocabulary
  C. Focal vocabulary
  D. Vernacular vocabulary
  E. Temporal vocabulary



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: B

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Answer: C





 

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