linguistic repertoires - correct answer ✔✔the different languages people speak. these are normally used
in different situations. it could also comprise different styles or levels of speech
domains - correct answer ✔✔the number of different contexts in which one may choose a different form
of speaking: addressee, setting, topic
these are influential in the choice of language in any context - correct answer ✔✔1.social distance
2.status
3.formality
4.function of speech
Diglossia - correct answer ✔✔1. two distinct varieties of the same language are used in a community,
where one is H and the other is L
2. each variety is used for quite distinct functions
3. no one uses H variety in everyday informal conversation
4. the L variety is the form of language everyone learns first when young, H variety is learned through
formal education
5. there are often no grammars or dictionaries of the L variety, little literature
6. H variety words seem to be more complex
7. extended in its use to refer to situations where the two varieties are two different languages
"Diglossic Situations" of same language - correct answer ✔✔1. Switzerland: Standard German (H) and
Swiss German (L)
2. Arabic countries: Classical Arabic (H) and Moroccan and Egyptian Arabic (L)
3. Greece: Katharevousa (H) and Dhimotiki (L)
4. Haiti: French (H) and Haitian Creole (L)
5. Tamil: High Lit. Tamil (H) and Colloquial Tamil (L)
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