Multiple Choice
All of the following are reasons for the decline of dialects recently in the U.S.except:
A) regional dialects are so associated with class status that they are dropped as someone "moves up" the social ladder.
B) regional dialects have become less noticeable because of mass media.
C) regional dialects are disappearing because of geographic mobility.
D) regional dialects have declined because so much of the culture itself is being lost.
E) regional dialects have changed because of changing immigration patterns.
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