简答题A linguistic item has various forms, which are called its “variants”.简答题Social status analysis and social network analysis are different approaches and they are contradictory简答题Sociolinguists use the word ______ as a cover term torefer to any kind of system that two or more people employ for communication. A、language B、variety C、dialect D、code多选题Observer's ________ refers to the challenge sociolinguists would face while doing fieldwork. It means the aim of linguistic research in the community must be to find out how people talk when they are not being systematically observed; yet we can only obtain this data by systematic observation. A、paradox B、puzzle C、difficulty D、trouble简答题William Labov is regarded as the founder of quantitative sociolinguistics.简答题Covariation refers to variation in language to variation in ______ and situational contexts of speech A、culture B、society C、emotion D、attitude简答题In a network all members have equal status.简答题The two utterances She doesn’t have any sense and She ain’t got no sense are stylistically different.简答题Sociolect is a variety of language (a dialect) used by people belonging to a particular social class. The sociolect with the highest status in a country is often the standard variety.简答题The speakers of a ______ usually share a similar socioeconomic and/or educational background, which may be classed as high in status or low in status. A、social dialect B、regional dialect C、standard language D、non-standard language简答题Speech ______ refers to the range of linguistic varieties which the speaker has at his or her disposal and which he or she may appropriately use as a member of the speech community. A、ability B、competence C、repertoire D、capacity简答题A dense network is a network in which the people you know and interact with also know and interact with each other.简答题Network analysis deals with the dimension of solidarity at the level of the individual and his or her everyday contacts.简答题The term ‘sociolinguistics’ is sometimes used exclusively to refer to the variationist or quantitative paradigm.简答题Socio-economic background, education, age, or sex of the speaker can be called “social variables” in contrast with linguistic variables.