Author Question: Which of the following statements about sociolinguists is NOT true? A. They are concerned more ... (Read 37 times)

jake · **on:** Aug 11, 2018

Which of the following statements about sociolinguists is NOT true?

A. They are concerned more with performance than with competence.
B. They look at society and at language.
C. They are concerned with linguistic change.
D. They focus on surface structure.
E. They are more interested in the rules that govern language than the actual use of language in everyday life.

Question 2

A sociolinguist studies

A. the interaction of history and sociology.
B. cross-cultural comparisons of phonemic distinctions.
C. the universal grammar of language.
D. linguistic competence.
E. speech in its social context.