Multiple Choice
Evidence seems to suggest that when members of different groups interact, and when group membership is an important issue:
A) convergence is likely to occur
B) ethnic survival is very difficult
C) divergence is likely to occur
D) the more powerful group will converge to the language and/or speech register of the less powerful
E) none of the above
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