MPSC Rajyaseva 2019 CSAT — Question 47
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Choose the correct options : People in the higher society laughed at ______ (1) people who do not want any change in their language. (2) people who try to better themselves by appropriating their language in its phonological, grammatical and vocabulary features. (3) people who feel secured in their social status. (4) None of the above
1)people who do not want any change in their language.
2)people who try to better themselves by appropriating their language in its phonological, grammatical and vocabulary features.✓ Correct
3)people who feel secured in their social status.
4)None of the above
Sociolinguistic texts (often derived from works like Shaw's Pygmalion) discuss how higher social strata view upwardly mobile individuals trying to modify language.