What Terms Are Used to Convey or Imply a Status

question 12

Multiple Choice

What terms are used to convey or imply a status difference between the speaker and the person being referred to or addressed?

• A) formal addresses, but sociolinguists rarely pay attention to them, because their use in a social situation is always a result of linguistic exploitation
• B) honorifics
• C) style shifts
• D) diglossia
• E) linguistic relativity

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Definitions:

Monopolistically Competitive

A market structure where many firms sell products that are similar but not identical, allowing for a degree of market power and product differentiation.

Nash Equilibrium

A concept in game theory where no participant can gain by unilaterally changing strategies if the strategies of the others remain unchanged.

Monopoly Output

The quantity of goods or services produced by a monopoly, which is determined at the point where the monopoly's marginal cost meets the market demand curve.

Duopolist

One of two firms in a market where only two firms offer a particular product or service, leading to a specific form of competition.