What Does the Term Language Continuum Refer To

question 55

Multiple Choice

What does the term language continuum refer to?

• 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) the 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

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Definitions:

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