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Paper 2- Language Change terminology quiz.
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1
Time
was pronounced
team, see
like
say;
all are phonological differences brought about by:
the influence of French borrowings
the rise of Estuary English
the Great Vowel Shift between 1350 and 1700
2
‘Pejoration’ is a process by which
Words increasingly acquire negative meanings
Words increasingly acquire positive meanings
Words used incorrectly with regard to their original meaning
3
In the 19
th
century, Noah Webster wrote the American Dictionary of the English language to:
change the meanings of English words
teach people how to pronounce words in the American accent
change the spelling of words
4
Limo, tele, bus
are examples of:
clipping
prefixes
slang
5
‘Synchronic change’ is:
The study of people speaking simultaneously
Study of language change not considering historical context
The study of phonological change
6
‘Pejoration’ is a process by which:
Words become more socially acceptable or prestigious
Words become less socially acceptable – e.g. ‘spastic’
Words disappear from the English lexicon
7
When we attempt to locate a word’s origin, we are seeking its:
Nominee
Etymology
Derivative
8
An ‘Eponym’ is:
words that have the same semantic value as each other
the name of a person after whom something is named
the name of a word class
9
‘Affixation’ is a process by which:
The spellings of words are fixed to standard English
The meanings of words are fixed to one definitive definition
Prefix and suffix are added to a root to change word class
10
Informalisation’ is:
The explosion of media coverage
The way in which the written word is becoming more informal
The impact of information on language
11
The English language used in the 18 century is known as:
Old English
Early Modern English
Middle English
12
‘Ethnic cleansing’, ‘collateral damage’ and ‘nuclear deterrent’ are examples of:
an assertive foreign policy
hypercorrection
euphemism
13
Glottal stops
Long pauses in conversations
A non-fluency hesitation in speech
Dropping the ‘t’ phonemes from the middle or ends of words
14
What's Green saying is ‘the counter language-the language of the revel, the outlaw, the young’?
Slang
Jargon
Estuary English
15
‘Bidialectalism’ is a term used, by David Crystal and others, to describe:
the loss of English into mutually unintelligible dialects
the ability to use two dialects of the same language
genderised conversational behaviour
16
Descriptivism is:
Study of language to record it and analysing how it is used
The study of language with the intention of controlling it
The study of the use of figurative language in fiction
17
1755 is significant for the development of the English language because:
We dropped all the borrowed French words from our language
Samuel Johnson published his dictionary
It is when the country became literate
18
Prescriptivism is:
The study with the intention of controlling language
The study of the indecipherable handwriting of doctors
Recording and analysing how language is used
19
Coinage’ is a word to describe:
words becoming more prestigious
putting monetary value on a language
a completely new word
20
‘Jargon’ is:
Gobbledygook
The Greek god of lexicographers
Technical language of highly field-specific vocabulary
21
‘Orthography’ is the:
Study of words
The term for words that have gone out of fashion
Study of spellings
22
Globalisation’ affected language change because:
More people spoke English language
Foreign ‘loan’ words expanded the English lexicon
The spelling of English words changed
23
The words ‘oxen’ and ‘men’ are now irregular plurals from when English had a greater number of:
Lexical items
Latinate words
Inflections
24
‘Accommodation theory’ was developed by Howard Giles to suggest:
Cooperation between participants in a conversation
When people mimic others’ accents
Divergence/convergence in response to whom we are talking
25
A grapheme is:
a language graph
A letter or group of letters that represent a phoneme
A style of handwriting
26
'Diachronic change’ is:
The study of a bad case of language change
The study of graphological changes in written texts
The study of language change occurring over a span of time
27
African American
instead of
black
;
firefighter
instead of
fireman
have come about due to:
The need for Field-specific jargon
The need for Political correctness
The preference for Overt prestige
28
Two ways 18
th
Prescriptivists tried to standardise the English language are:
books on grammar and dictionaries
schools and libraries
printing and sending free pamphlets to all homes
29
Semantic drift is a term used to describe:
Meanings changing over time
Foreign words drifting over to our language
When people use wrong words for what they actually mean
30
The printing press was introduced in England by:
William Caxton in 1476
Geoffrey Chaucer in 1398
William Shakespeare 1592
31
After the Norman Conquest in 1066, French was the dominant language used by:
Religious clerics
The masses
The upper classes
32
Amelioration’ is a process by which:
Words become less socially acceptable – e.g. ‘spastic’
Words become more socially acceptable or prestigious
Words simplify their spellings – e.g. ‘color’, ‘nite’ ‘wot’