What Is an Example of What Bourdieu Calls Symbolic Domination

question 42

Multiple Choice

What is an example of what Bourdieu calls symbolic domination in the context of language use?

• A) in an egalitarian society, the promotion of linguistic diversity
• B) pride in one's linguistic heritage, regardless of what the majority thinks
• C) the fact that in a stratified society, even people who do not speak the prestige dialect tend to accept it as standard or superior
• D) focal vocabulary contrasts among groups
• E) Chomsky's insistence that the universal grammar defines all culture

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