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A language arts Quiz that reviews the history of the English language and other western languages.
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The period of time when the pronunciation of vowels in English changed, for example, "Loov" became "L'v"
The French Influence
The Scandinavian Influence
The Great Vowel Shift
The Latin Influence
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Which two language families died in the first generation?
Hellenic and Hittite
Celtic and Hellenic
Hittite and Tocharian
Hellenic and Tocharian
3
Language which came directly from Modern English?
Middle English
New Modern English
Old English
Proto Germanic
4
During the four periods of influence on the English language, the changes in language were mostly a result of:
The languages finally being written down
A need for new words
The people spreading out geographically
Cultural separation due to wars and invasions
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Which is not an example of International English?
Liberian
American
Australian
Canadian
6
English is considered what type of language?
Germanic
Romantic
Celtic
Inflected
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What is the original language from which linguists believe all other western languages stemmed?
Proto Germanic
Indo Iranian
Hellenic
Indo European
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Which language contributed the most words to English?
French
Spanish
Latin
Slavic
9
Why isn't Indo-European used today?
Due to cultural and geographic separation, other languages replaced it.
It died out, and people stopped speaking it.
It wasn't written down, so the people made up a different language instead.
The people who spoke it were killed by invading groups.
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Most words came into existence due to which language theory?
Four Periods of Influence
Arbitrary Naming
Sender/Receiver Model
Onomatopoeia
11
Which of the following is NOT a reason for change in language?
Geographic separation between cultures
Symbols were no longer effective at communicating
Need for new words
Language was eventually written down
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Codified street language of the inner city
Ebonics
International
Regional
Slang
13
This type of English is somewhat similar to slang, but it doesn't change as often due to its use by one profession.
Everyday
Standard
Jargon
Regional
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What is the definition of an uninflected language?
Word form determines meaning and usage
Word order determines meaning and usage
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What type of English is taught in schools?
Standard
Everyday
Regional
Slang
16
From which language did Yiddish directly stem?
Indo Iranian
Old Low German
Old High German
Balto Slavic
17
Which of the following is not considered a romance language?
Greek
Spanish
French
Italian
18
What version of the English language did Shakespeare use in his plays?
Middle English
Old English
Modern English
New Modern English
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Which of the following is NOT a reason for English losing inflection?
deterioration of the pronunciation of inflected endings
people stopped using all of the forms of and started using just one form
people adopted only one form of a word when borrowing from other languages
the language was only written , so people did not know how to speak it
20
What type of language is New Modern English?
Uninflected
Inflected
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What is the definition of an inflected language?
Word form determines meaning and usage
Word order determines meaning and usage
22
Which form of the word "love" survived the longest?
Luve
Luvu
23
What is the mother language of both Old English and German?
Hittite
Indo Iranian
Balto Slavic
Proto Germanic
24
Which form of the German language died?
Old Low German
Old High German
Modern German
Yiddish
25
Which is not an example of a medium of communication?
a screwdriver
newspaper
face to face conversation
telephone
26
Which language family was the mother language of Latin?
Hittite
Italic
Hellenic
Celtic
27
What is good English?
English the listener expects to hear
Standard English
British English
Regional English
28
Which of the following is NOT a type of English spoken today?
Standard English
Ebonics
Common English
Regional English
29
Which of the following is not a direct descendant of Slavic?
Czech
Romanian
Polish
Russian
30
What type of English changes frequently?
Regional
Standard
International
Slang
31
In the sender/receiver model of communication, what prevents a message from being received?
Noise
Mediums
Senders
Receivers
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How can one determine the subject of a sentence in an inflected language?
Word order
Word form
