课程名称：社会语言学概论一 课程性质︰选修 课程教师︰胥嘉陵 开课学院：文学院 开课系所︰外文系 考试日期（年月日）︰2010/11/25 考试时限（分钟）：170分钟，可延长 是否需发放奖励金：是 I. Define or explain the following terms briefly but to the point with illustrations where appropriate. Answer any three of them. (30%). 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　￣￣￣ 1. clue-bearing markers 2. competence vs. performance 3. idiolect 4. dialect continuum 5. verbal repertoire 6. language variety 7. speech community 8. hypercorrection 9. speech styles 10. the functions of speech a. expressive b. directive c. referential 11. register (origin, functions and linguistic levels) 12. three ways to coin slang 13. four types of relationship between language and society (with an illustration for each type of relationship) II. Essay Questions (Answer should be brief, to the point and well illustrated.) Choose any three of them. ￣￣￣ 1. How does society influence language in terms of the following three relationships: language and physical environment, language and social structure, and language and social values? Illustrate with examples. 2. Define standard and non-standard dialects. What are overt prestige and covert prestige? How are they related to standard and non-standard dialects? Is it linguistically founded that standard dialects are superior to and more correct than non-standard dialects? Why or why not? Provide at least three examples for illustration. 3. In defining language and dialect, a rule of thumb is 'mutual intelligibility.' According to this definition, what is language and what is dialect? Is 'mutual intelligibility' a good criterion in distinguishing these two terms? Is there a clear-cut way to define these two terms linguistically? Why or why not? Provide explanations with at least three examples. According to Janet Holmes, what might be a better definition to distinguish language from dialect? 4. What is the relation between context and language? What are some of the contextual factors that determine the speech styles? How do linguistic varieties vary according to contexts? Provide five examples for illustration. 5. Define social stratification and social class. What is the relationship between social class and language? How are social class differences reflected by linguistic variation? Provide two examples from two different linguistic levels (grammar and pronunciation) respectively for illustration. 6. Define speech accommodation. When and how do speakers converge or diverge their speech? What motives them to do so? Name two reasons for covergence and divergence respectively. What might be some of the problems for overdoing convergence or divergence? Name one consequence for each act. --- 附注：其实老师每年都教同样的东西、考同样的题目， 　　　考前一周也会把这些考题（很快地）念一遍给学生听。 　　　po这篇是让明年要修课的同学不用在老师念题目时死命抄还抄不完XD --

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