The language variety which has certain features which are typical of certain disciplines, topics, fields, occupations and social roles played by the speaker, is called________________ ?

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1. The fine arts flourished in Elizabethan England. William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, and Edmund Spenser were some of the more famous playwrights and poets of the time. Drama, music, songs, and art were popular with noblemen and commoners alike. Exploring certain topics, however, was considered taboo in any art form. What was a strictly forbidden subject ?

   A. Sexuality
   B. Criticism of the queen
   C. Murder
   D. Witchcraft

2. Which roles have played by Shakespeare in Hamlet and As you like it ?

   A. Fortinbras, Corin
   B. Leartus, Silvius
   C. Osric, Touchstone
   D. Ghost, Old servant Adam

3. The opening lines of Charlotte Smith’s “Beachy Head” refer to the speaker “reclin[ing]” on the “stupendous summit” of a “rock sublime” as her “Fancy” went forth. This poem reflects which of the following features common to much Romantic poetry ?

   A. An emphasis on the relationship between a natural setting and the imagination as in Wordsworth’s poems
   B. A focus on the poet as seer as in some of Keats’s poems
   C. A call for social and political reform as in some of Shelley’s works
   D. A nod to the poet as outcast as in some of Byron’s poems

4. Which of the following patterns of intonation is used in tag questions which imply that the speaker is certain about what is said_____________?

   A. The falling
   B. The rising
   C. The fall__rise
   D. None of the above

5. The type of study of the changes in language over a span of time is called________________?

   A. Synchronic
   B. Diachronic
   C. Semiotic
   D. Onomatopoeic

6. The type of study which focus on the analysis of the systematic interrelation of the elements of a single language at a particular time is called________________?

   A. Synchronic
   B. Diachronic
   C. Semiotic
   D. Onomatopoeic

7. On which of the following topics did Sir Thomas More focus in his “Utopia” ?

   A. Riches, jewels, and gold
   B. Suicide
   C. Marriage and divorce
   D. All of the above

8. Which of the following disciplines most fascinated Elizabeth ?

   A. Philology
   B. Alchemy
   C. Zoology
   D. Astrology

9. Using a finite set of rules a speaker can produce innumerable grammatical utterances. This property of language is called______________?

   A. Duality of structure
   B. Recursiveness
   C. Displacement
   D. TransferencE

10. A term which refers to the sequential characteristics of language. When we construct WORDS and SENTENCES we follow a certain order in arranging the individual items.

    A. Syntagmatic
    B. Synergy
    C. Performance
    D. N. O. T

    Submitted by: Abdul Sami Bhayo