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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 Pronunciation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What allows a speaker to express class status?
(a) Accents
(b) Synonyms
(c) Antonyms
(d) Sentence structure

2. Who is Noam Chomsky?
(a) A French archaeologist
(b) A British psychologist
(c) An American linguist
(d) A Russian writer

3. Physical communication strategies include proximity between speakers, hand gestures and ______________________.
(a) tics
(b) utterances
(c) head movements
(d) facial expression

4. What else impacts the pronunciation of some words?
(a) Regional pronunciations
(b) Lazy speakers
(c) Southern accents
(d) Speech impediments

5. Because of the event of #67, the works of which two authors are especially difficult to understand?
(a) Dante and Shakespeare
(b) Chaucer and Dante
(c) Chaucer and Hemingway
(d) Chaucer and Shakespeare

Short Answer Questions

1. There is debate about the simplicity of English spelling and _________________________.

2. Who are often responsible for coining new words?

3. Which country has been successful in protecting its language?

4. In addition to linguistic differences in languages, there are also ________________________.

5. What is the difference between Cro-Magnon man and Neanderthal man?

(see the answer key)

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