Week 6

Question 1

Vitality

Answer 1

Demographic, social and institutional strength of a language and its speakers

Question 2

Diglossia

Answer 2

Situation where two languages are used in a speech community, each with distinct functional roles. Both are considered stable.

Question 3

Code switching

Answer 3

The alternation between varieties, or codes, across sentences or clause boundaries. Often covers code mixing.

Question 4

Domain

Answer 4

The social and physical setting of a speaker

Question 5

Situational

Answer 5

A personalised view of the context of situation of language use.

Question 6

Passive knowledge

Answer 6

The ability to understand, but not speak, a language.

Question 7

Active knowledge

Answer 7

Knowledge of a linguistic variety that includes the ability to produce and use it

Question 8

Speech levels

Answer 8

Replacement of vocabulary with sometimes radically different forms in the different styles associated with different social groups or castes