sociolinguistics

Question 1

linguistic variable

Answer 1

the cause if a variation in pronunciation or use of language

Question 2

variant

Answer 2

an example of a variable/ subcategory

Question 3

complementiser

Answer 3

eg “a person I know” - so it turns the phrase into something it wasn’t before

Question 4

a speech community

Answer 4

a group of people in frequent interaction, they have a shared linguistic repetoire

Question 5

what is a smaller version of a speech community

Answer 5

a community of practice