The Influence of a Person's Class Status on What Pronunciation

question 56

Multiple Choice

The influence of a person's class status on what pronunciation he/she uses,a speaker's choice of more complicated vocabulary and grammar when he/she is speaking to a professional audience,and the influence of language on culture are all concerns of:

• A)descriptive linguistics.
• B)historical linguistics.
• C)sociolinguistics.
• D)linguistic nationalism.
• E)displacement.

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Definitions:

Petrochemical Production

The process of converting natural resources, like crude oil or natural gas, into chemical products used in manufacturing and industry.

Conglomerate

A large corporation formed by the merging of separate and diverse firms into a single entity, typically involving companies in entirely different industries.

Robinson-Patman Act

A United States federal law that aims to prevent anticompetitive practices by producers, specifically price discrimination.

Price Discrimination

occurs when a seller charges different prices to different buyers for goods of like grade and quality, without justification.