In His Study of Store Clerks in New York City

question 8

Multiple Choice

In his study of store clerks in New York City, William Labov discovered that increased pronunciation of the letter "r" in words like car, floor, and fourth:

• A) shows that the English language has more than twenty known dialects.
• B) depended on how adept employees were at code switching.
• C) was related to the prestige of the store and higher prices.
• D) was closely tied to how these words were pronounced in Boston.
• E) had no relationship to the prestige of the store.

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