Question

select the correct answer.
in \mother tongue,\ author amy tan describes a situation in which her mother, a non-english speaker, faces rude treatment from a doctor. this doctor is then polite to tan, who speaks english without an accent. what phenomenon does the doctor demonstrate?
a. language variety
b. standard english
c. language bias
d. code-switching

Explanation:

The doctor treats Amy Tan (a fluent, unaccented English speaker) politely, but is rude to her non-English speaking mother. This differential treatment based on a person's language ability/background is language bias. Language variety refers to different forms of a language, standard English is a dominant dialect, and code-switching is alternating between languages, none of which match the described behavior.

Answer:

C. language bias