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A review of Historical Linguistics/Written Language for the ENG 121 class
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What is the theoretical mother of Ls spoken in Europe and India?
Greek
Proto-Indo-European
Indo-European
Alaskan
2
The Japanese based their Syllabic writing system off of the Chinese Logographic system
False
True
3
Logograms are a form of Written Language which only denote a civilizations flag or symbol
True
False
4
Shakespeare wrote during the Old English era
False
True
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Which ancient writing system evolved into the first "true" alphabetic system?
English
Cuneiform
Logographic
Hieroglyphic
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Within what years was Middle English spoken in?
2020-2023
1100 - 1500
450 - 1100
0 - 450
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Cognates are words from different languages with different meanings which come from the same ancestor language
False
True
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Historical Linguistics is...
study of how Ls change overtime, study of genetic relationships among Ls
How the salary of a linguist has changed over time
The study of how people who speak a given L adapt thier warfare over time
The study of only ancient and dead languages
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Which is a ling method that compares lists of related words to find cognates, used to find which Ls are closely related
Comparative Method
Cognative Resemblance Method
The Not Comparative Method
Litmus test
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Within what years did the Great Vowel shift occur?
1800 - 2000
1500 - 1800
1400 - 1600
1000 - 1400
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Written Language
must be taught, and unlike spoken language, cannot be simply "picked up" at an early age
True
False
12
Pictograms represent the actual object they resemble, but Ideographs...
Only ever represented images of well dressed amphibians
Were pictures which always represented an ideology based on a religion
Took things a step further, and represented abract, abitrary ideas
Represented purely scientific objects
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Which is the oldest known writing system?
Ancient Chinese (logograms)
Greek (alphabetic)
Ancient Egyptian (hieroglyphs)
Sumerian Language (cuneiform)
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What invention was partially responsible for the Great Vowel Shift?
The Book
The Printing Press
The Typewriter
Sliced Bread
