David Is a College Student Who Knows the Different Linguistic

question 51

Multiple Choice

David is a college student who knows the different linguistic habits appropriate to his mother and stepfather's home, his father's home, his university residence hall, his anthropology class, his job at an elegant restaurant, and his religious tradition. The term used in the text to describe his complex linguistic knowledge is

• A) Multilingualism.
• B) Pidgin.
• C) Heteroglossia.
• D) Ergative agent.

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