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“Minority languages that have support in education, religion, the media or administration stand
a better chance of language maintenance”. Do you agree to this statement? Discuss your
argument in light of language maintenance and shift. Support your argument with appropriate
examples.
2. “Women are the carriers of languages”. Do you agree to this statement? Discuss your argument
in light of language maintenance and shift. Support your argument with appropriate examples.
3. “Reversing the loss of a language is like building a castle in the wind.” Do you agree to this
statement? Discuss your argument in light of language maintenance and shift. Support your
argument with appropriate examples.
4. “….we make a selection of an appropriate register for a specific communicative setting and
purpose”. Do you agree to this statement? Discuss your argument in light of language variation
according to “use” and refer to Halliday’s model. Support your argument with appropriate
examples.
5. “……changing our style according to role relation is a common phenomenon of everyday
language use”. Do you agree to this statement? Discuss your argument in light of language
variation according to “use” and refer to Halliday’s model. Support your argument with
appropriate examples.
6. “Power relations influence face and politeness.” Do you agree to this statement? Discuss your
argument. Support your argument with appropriate examples.
7. “The concept of ‘power’ is only a matter of sociological debate.” Do you agree to this
statement? Discuss your argument. Support your argument with appropriate examples.
8. “Social practice is unrelated to linguistic practice”.
9. “Advertising and propaganda are modes of symbolic power”. Do you agree to this statement?
Discuss your argument in light of Bourdieu’s theory of ‘symbolic power’. Support your argument
with appropriate examples.
10. “Language policy and planning activities are politically motivated.” Do you agree to this
statement? Discuss your argument in light of Haugen’s theory. Support your argument with
appropriate examples.
11. “A language may gain strength and dominate over other languages if it is internationalized,
whereas the power imbalance could be checked through vernacularization’. Do you agree to this
statement? Discuss your argument in light of language policy and planning activities. Support
your argument with appropriate examples.
12. “The home language should be allowed in classrooms.” Do you agree to this statement? Discuss
your argument in light of your understanding of the concepts of medium of instruction and
home language. Support your argument with appropriate examples.
13. “Gender-specific language choices are symptomatic of male chauvinism”. Do you agree to this
statement? Discuss your argument. Support your argument with appropriate examples.