Research in Belgium by Jef van der Broeck revealed what differences in middle-class and working-class speech patterns?
a. Middle-class speakers use the same amount of sentence complexity as working-class speakers, but a larger vocabulary.
b. There was almost no difference in middle-class and working-class speech in Belgium, which is highly unusual.
c. Working-class speakers are more likely to use unusual word choices in order to impress others when they feel uncomfortable because of class differences.
d. Middle-class and working-class sentence complexity is the same for informal speech, but in formal speech situations, middle-class speakers use more complex sentences.
d
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