- Linguistic divergence is a process in which _____.
• readers choose to move closer to the linguistic norms of their hearer
• writers choose not to move away from the linguistic norms of their writers
• listeners lose money to move away from the musical notes of their harper
• speakers choose to move away from the linguistic norms of their hearer
Linguistic maintenance is a process in which ______their own variety
• speakers may choose not to converge, but instead to maintain
• instructors choose not to maintain, but instead to converge
• writers may choose not to contain, but instead to diverge
• listeners choose not to converge, but instead to elevate
5- ____ in which speakers change their speech to make it more similar to that of
their hearer.
• Linguistic maintenance is a process
• Linguistic divergence is a process
• Linguistic diseases is a process
• Linguistic convergence is a process