MID
TEST OF INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLINGUISTICS
Nama : Annisa
Septiani
Nim : 1588203037
Kelas : VA English Department
1. What
is sociolinguistics?
Answer:
Sociolinguistics is the branches of
linguistics that study about language in social.Sociolinguistics comes from
socio and linguistics.Socio is the relationship between one people to another
people and make the interaction and have the purposes.Linguistics is the
language that is used by the people for do the interaction with the other
people. .So,sociolinguistics is the language that used by the people when they
speak with other people to make understanding each other and make interaction
for get their purpose.But,the language that is used by the people have differentiate in each other like dialect
and accent because they have different culture and also their region.Like
dialect,in every language have different grammar,vocabulary and pronunciation
in each country and also,accent has differentiate pronunciation suitable with
their country.For example like the people from Bataknees it will be different
with the way of javaness dialect and accent.
2. Why
do we learn sociolinguistics?
Answer :
We as the social people need to do
interaction with other people for do anything because we are the social people
and in our life we needs the people help for get the something that we want.As
we know,the people in the world have a different culture each other because that
their have many language too.In sociolinguistics we will learn so many language
that is used by the people and we can know the culture of the people from
around the world.And we can know from their accent and dialect.And as we
know,language that important for connected us from the other people.Because
sociolinguistics is our strategy for do interaction social with other people
that have one purpose to get the something togetherness because we are the social
people cannot life without help from the other people.And learn
sociolinguistics make us realize that communication in social and undertand
about it,is important for us.
3. What
is the relationship between language and society?
Answer :
Language and society have a closed
realtioship both of them.Because of what?because when we talk with the
people,we use language,when we needs the people help,we use language.All of our
activities use language and all of aour activities use language and social to
make a good interaction between one people to another people and create the
good understanding and comprehension.Language exist because there are the
society that use them for do interaction.And the society used the language in
all their activities.If there is no language,we as the society will find the difficulties
when we talk and misunderstanding will be exist.Language will develop if its society
develop too and language will be lost if its society not develop their
language.And develop the language is influenced by the people.it make the
language has a closed relationship with society.Because they can not separate.
4. Please
mention and explain the branches of linguistics!
Answer :
1) Sociolinguistics
is the study of language that have relationship with the society when communicated
with the other people.
2) Psycholinguistics
is the study of language that have relationship between the psycologi of the
people when they translate and result the language and explain how the language
produce in the human brain
3) Phonetics,the
study of psycal properties of sounds of human language
4) Phonology,the
study of sounds as disecrete,abstract elements in the speaker’s mind that
distinguish meaning
5) Morphology,the
study of internal structure of words and show they can be modified
6) Syntax,the
study of how words combine to form grammatical sentences
7) Semantics,the
study of the meaning of words and fixed word combinations and how these combine
to form the meanings of sentence.
5. What
is standard language?giving an example!
Answer :
Standard language is a variety of
language that is used by governments,in the media,in schools and for
international communication.For example,in different regional dialect and these
non-standard varieties are different from each other.
6. Elaborating
the language,dialect and accent?
Answer:
Language is the something that we
says with the purpose and used for communication to people and make the people
understanding. Language: A body of words and the
systems for their use common to people who are of the same community or nation,
the same geographical area, or the same cultural tradition.
Dialect is type of language spoken
that consist of grammar,pronunciation and vocabulary.
Accent is style of language that is
pronunciation.And every country have differentiate accen althought the some
language.Language is a body of words and the system that we use when we spoke
with the people.
7. Giving
an example of formal language and informal language!
Formal language
·
I can not go there
·
You are so kind because you heve helped them
Informal language
·
I can’t go there
·
You’re so kind because you help them
8. What
aspects of language are sociolinguistics interested in?
Answer :
Sociolinguistics interested in
different language,dialect and accents or social context.because the people can
know about variety of language in sociolingusitics and can learn it.
9. When
two or more people from different language met and tried to communicated,what
should they do?
Answer :
They must use lingua franca because
they have different language so,for avoid missundersanding .Because lingua
franca is language that is used for the people that have different language
each other.
10. Why
do people switch and mix a language?
Answer:
There are some factor that make the
people switch and mix the language
1.Because not at all the people
full understanding with the language that is use when they speak.It make the
people to do switch and mix and did not happen miss understanding each other.For
example,when the someone with javaness talk with their friend that have the
javaness too,and than their other friend that have malay comes and join to
speak with them,so they must switch their language that third of them understanding.
2.If there are switch and mix,the people
can know or learn the new language that before they did not know what the meaning
is.it can be one of way to know some vocabularywhen they use mixing when they
speak.
3.The people think that if they do
switch and mix,they feel so cool because they know the other language.
11. Giving
an example of code switching and code mixing?
Answer :
Code switching
A: when will you come to my home?
B: I think tomorrow
C:sedang bicara apa?
B:besok saya akan kerumah A.
Code mixing
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