All of the Following Are Reasons for the Decline of Dialects

question 33

Multiple Choice

All of the following are reasons for the decline of dialects recently in the U.S.except:

• A) regional dialects are so associated with class status that they are dropped as someone "moves up" the social ladder.
• B) regional dialects have become less noticeable because of mass media.
• C) regional dialects are disappearing because of geographic mobility.
• D) regional dialects have declined because so much of the culture itself is being lost.
• E) regional dialects have changed because of changing immigration patterns.

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