Sharma Is a Second-Generation Immigrant in an English-Speaking Country

question 6

Multiple Choice

Sharma is a second-generation immigrant in an English-speaking country. The language of her parents and grandparents is spoken less and less where she lives. Kevin lives in the same city but belongs to the ethnolinguistic majority. In a conversation between the two, Sharma is likely to show:

• A) her usual accented English.
• B) upward convergence.
• C) downward divergence.
• D) her command of received pronunciation.

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Definitions:

Voluntary Control

The conscious regulation of skeletal muscles and movements by the brain, permitting actions like walking, speaking, and grabbing.

Nervous Tissue

Specialized tissue that makes up the central and peripheral nervous systems, consisting of neurons and supporting cells, responsible for transmitting nerve signals.

Neurons

Nerve cells that are the building blocks of the nervous system, involved in processing and transmitting information through electrical and chemical signals.

Glia

Non-neuronal cells in the nervous system that support, protect, and nourish neurons.