Logical questions 1
It occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in an hour.
The letter M
Why did the chicken cross the road?
To get to the other side
Which scale points to the relevance of relative status in some linguistic choices?
The status scale
What do sociolinguists study
Sociolinguists study the relationship between language and society
How do sociolinguists define language?
language is variable and ever-changing.
What is the one thing that all wise men, regardless of their religion or politics, agree is between heaven and earth? What is it?
The Word "And"
What common English verb becomes its own past tence by rearranging its letters?
verbs with 3,4 letters and start with t
Which linguistic analysises occur in linguistic variation?
Sounds, word structure, and grammar, as well as vocabulary
What are the methods of studying sociolinguistics?
quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods.
Is it legal for a man to marry his widow's sister?
No, because he's dead
A cowboy rides into town on Friday. He stays three days, then rides out of town on Friday. How?
The horse's name was Friday
Which scale is useful in emphasizing that how well we know someone is a relevant factor in linguistic choice?
The solidarity-social distance scale
Which social factors impact were important in the selection of english
socioeconomic status, education, ethnicity
Five people were eating apples, A finished before B, but behind C. D finished before E, but behind B. What was the finishing order?
Three. Two ducks are in front of the last duck; the first duck has two ducks behind; one duck is between the other two.
There are two ducks in front of a duck, two ducks behind a duck and a duck in the middle. How many ducks are there?
3
Though language serves many functions, which two scales identified particularly pervasive and useful for analysis?
The referential and affective function scales?
What are the social factors and dimensions that influence the way people speak?
ethnity, gender, age, class, occupation, education, and geographical location
This famous river crossing problem is known as the “bridge and torch” puzzle. Four people are crossing a bridge at night, so they all need a torch—but they just have one that only lasts 15 minutes. Alice can cross in one minute, Ben in two minutes, Cindy in five minutes and Don in eight minutes. No more than two people can cross at a time; and when two cross, they have to go at the slower person’s pace. How do they get across in 15 minutes?
Answer: Alice and Ben cross first in two minutes, and Alice crosses back alone with the torch in one minute. Then the two slowest people, Cindy and Don, cross in eight minutes. Ben returns in two minutes, and Alice and Ben return in two minutes. They just made it in 15 minutes exactly.
A girl meets a lion and unicorn in the forest. The lion lies every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and the other days he speaks the truth. The unicorn lies on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and the other days of the week he speaks the truth. “Yesterday I was lying,” the lion told the girl. “So was I,” said the unicorn. What day is it?
Thursday
What is the relationship between linguistic choices and the social contexts?
They are made is sometimes easiest to see when different languages are involved
What are the examples of sociolinguistic study?
gendered language differences, regional differences, and how social class impacts language use.