首页
登录
职称英语
[originaltext]M: The last theory advanced during the last century is a social o
[originaltext]M: The last theory advanced during the last century is a social o
游客
2024-11-07
5
管理
问题
M: The last theory advanced during the last century is a social one, advocated by the American linguist William Labov. What he found was that at the beginning a small part of a population pronounces certain words that have, for example, the same vowel, differently man the rest of the population. This occurs naturally since humans don’t all reproduce exactly the same sounds. However, at some later point in time, for some reason this difference in pronunciation starts to become a signal for social and cultural identity. Others of the population who wish to be identified with the group either consciously or unconsciously adopt this difference, exaggerate it, and apply it to change the pronunciation of other words. If given enough time, the change ends up affecting all words that possess the same vowel so that this becomes a regular linguistic sound change.
I: This is a lot more reasonable.
M: Right. And similar phenomena apply to the grammar and to the lexicon of languages. An interesting example is that of computer-related words creeping into standard American language, like "bug", "crash", "net", "email", etc. These words were originally used by computer scientists, but with the boom in the Internet everybody wants to become technology-savvy. So these computer science words start to filter into the mainstream language.
I: Among all the above mentioned theories, which one do you advocate?
M: The social theory, of course. Humans are, after all, social animals, and rarely do things without a social factor.
I: Well, Michael, thank you very much for telling us so much valuable information about language change.
M: You’re welcome.
6. Which one is TRUE about social theory of language change?
7. According to William Labov, which statement is WRONG?
8. Why does computer language start to filter into the standard language?
9. What is Michael’s attitude towards the social theory of language change?
10. How many scientific explanations of language change are introduced by Michael?
选项
A、2.
B、3.
C、4.
D、5.
答案
B
解析
总结题。询问数量。访谈中受访者首先提到衰败论(theory of decay and decadence),然后提到自然发展论(theory of natural process),最后提到社会发展论(theory of social development),共有三种,因此选项B正确。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3835198.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]I:Goodmorning,listeners.Asweallknow,Chinahashadanorga
[originaltext]I:Goodmorning,listeners.Asweallknow,Chinahashadanorga
[originaltext]I:Goodmorning,listeners.Asweallknow,Chinahashadanorga
[originaltext]I:Goodmorning,listeners.Asweallknow,Chinahashadanorga
[originaltext]M:Thelasttheoryadvancedduringthelastcenturyisasocialo
[originaltext]I:Goodmorning,listeners.Today,weareveryhappytohaveDoct
[originaltext]J:Ienjoyplayingchess.Someofmyfriendsaregoodplayers.S:
[originaltext]J:Ienjoyplayingchess.Someofmyfriendsaregoodplayers.S:
[originaltext]J:Ienjoyplayingchess.Someofmyfriendsaregoodplayers.S:
[originaltext]J:Ienjoyplayingchess.Someofmyfriendsaregoodplayers.S:
随机试题
WhatisTina’sattitudetowardstheadvertisement?[br][originaltext]M:Tina,
ThanksgivingDayisthemosttrulyAmericanofthenationalholidaysinthe
对于砌体结构,现浇钢筋混凝土楼、屋盖房屋,设置顶层圈梁,主要是在下列哪一种情况发
下列词语中加点的字,读音完全相同的是()。A. B. C. D.
王先生,51岁,工人。每天吸烟10支以上,工作劳动强度大,晚餐经常饮酒(平均每日
(2015年11月)短期培训规划是以( )为基础。A.长期培训计划 B.中
治疗失眠的常用腧穴为A.阴郄 B.曲池 C.合谷 D.神门
A.小腹隐痛 B.小腹胀痛 C.小腹灼痛 D.小腹冷痛 E.小腹窜痛阳虚
下列关于股份有限公司溢价发行股票相关会计处理的表述中,错误的是()。A.发
5岁男孩,反复咳嗽2个月,查体:体温正常,浅表淋巴结(-),咽(-),两肺多哮鸣
最新回复
(
0
)