Dialect Is Defined As

question 30

Multiple Choice

Dialect is defined as:

• A) a nonstandard variation of a language that is particular to a specific region.
• B) the study of the development of language over time, including its changes and variations.
• C) alternating back and forth between more than one linguistic variant depending on the context.
• D) the idea that variation in languages appears gradually over distance between places.
• E) the study of the intersection between language and systems of power such as race, class, and age.

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Definitions:

Significant Figures

The numbers of digits in a value that contribute to its precision, including all digits except leading and trailing zeros.

Accurate

Without inaccuracies or flaws; exact.

Repeating Decimal

A decimal fraction in which a sequence of digits repeats indefinitely.

Decimal Notation

A method of writing numbers that uses a decimal point to separate the whole number from fractions of a whole.