2716 HNRS 2033_Exam Guide-2023 (1)

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LANGUAGE DIVERSITY ON THE BRITISH ISLES HNRS 2033 / LING 2716 LSU London and Edinburgh Academic Programs Abroad, July 3 - Aug 4, 2023 Exam Guide Ch. 1: Imagining languages and their speakers; Harari (2014), Fagyal (2022) Ch. 2: Resources & repertoires Ch. 3: Language variation; Cheshire et al. (2014) Ch. 8: Languages in the material world Ch. 5: Code-mixing, crossing, and translanguaging; Androutsopoulos (2014) Ch. 6: Style & identity Ch. 7: Language attitudes, mocking, appropriation LANGUAGE IDEOLOGIES Which of the following examples can we call “imagined communities”? in what sense? Which of the following illustrate overt prestige and covert prestige? Which of the following statements & examples convey standardizing prescriptivism? What kinds of signs can you identify on this object what do they index? What is the imperial vision with regard to the language policies and politics? First, define what an empire is and give an example. Then, describe what kinds of language policies may characterize empires and why. What language policies might nation states who have been colonized in the past adopt? Why? Give two examples of different policies in the same nation state or an example of a similar policy in two different nation states. What are typical attitudes towards multilingualism in your communities? Do you share these attitudes, why or why not? Define diversity. What would a nation state embracing diversity by implementing fitting policies would look like? LANGUAGE VARIATION Classify the following examples as illustrating variation in phonetics/phonology (P), morphosyntax (G), lexicon (L), semantics (S), or discourse pragmatics (D) What commonly observed gender / class / ethnicity effect do the following studies illustrate? What statement are true and what statements are false about Multicultural London English? Cockney English? Received Pronunciation? Standard Southern British English? 1

LINGUISTIC REPERTIOR, CODE-MIXING, AND STYLE-SHIFTING Which of the following are examples of codes (C), registers (R), and genres (R)? Which of the following concepts does the transcript below illustrates? Briefly explain how. performance , intra-speaker variation, inter-speaker variation, intra-sentential code switching, inter- sentential code switching, situational switching, metaphorical switching, speech convergence, speech divergence, crossing, register Which of the following studies provides evidence for audience effect (changes in speech with consideration to audience types)? Considering the theories of codeswitching (CS) and translanguaging (TL), mark statements below with CS and TL as describing the relevant theory. RESEARCH METHODS Consider the following figure illustrating the results in X study. Describe the findings illustrated in this figure. Which method(s) was/were used in this study? a) Collecting texts and other artifacts (activity 2, OE inscription, language regimes) b) Computer-mediated communication research (activity 4, Androutsopoulos, 2014) c) Controlled experiments (e.g., matched guise technique, activity 5) d) Ethnographic fieldwork (Labov’’s Martha vineyard, MLE, burnouts and jocks in detroit) e) Observation / collection of 'naturally occurring' data (e.g., perceptual dialectology, the map task, activity 3 landscape) f) Sociolinguistic interviews (Peter Trudgill, different tasks to see style shifting) g) Surveys and questionnaires (activity 5) What of the following theories is the study discussed above framed in? a) Attention to Speech b) Audience Design 2

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