Sociolinguistics helps one to understand
a. why college students speak to their roommates more casually than their professors.
b. if social contexts affect one’s use of language.
c. how education, socio-economic status, or ethnicity contribute to language use.
d. changes one makes as they switch from one language to another.
e. all of these.
ANS: E
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