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An A-level English Language quiz on Language Change
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1
The movement towards a stable, regulated language was known as what?
Normalisation
Convergence
Standardisation
Language Reform
2
When did the Late Modern English period begin?
1800
1650
1850
1700
3
The use of Latinate vocabulary in a text you are analysing might suggest that the text is what?
bias
archaic
complex and formal
religious
4
The Middle English period commenced with the invasion of which group?
Angles and Jutes
Normans
Saxons
Vikings
5
Which methods have been used to create the neologisms 'brunch', 'LOL' and 'sexism'?
blending, acronym, affixation
compounding, initialism, affixation
blending, initialism, affixation
blending, initialism, back formation
6
What is pejoration?
When a word becomes more negative
When a word becomes more prestigious
When a word becomes less formal
When a word becomes more positive
7
Complete this David Crystal quote: "The history of English is one of repeated..."
invasions
conquests
change
journeys
8
Whose anti-prescriptivist quote: "This is the sort of English up with which I will not put"?
Winston Churchill
Queen Elizabeth I
Lynne Truss
Danny Dyer
9
Which of the following is the correct list of historical English periods?
Medieval, Middle, Early Modern, Late Modern
Medieval, Middle, Early Modern, Late
Old, Middle, Early Modern, Late Modern
Old, Middle, Late, Modern
10
What term describes the creation of completely new words not derived at all from other words?
Assimilation
Coinage
Neologism
Idiom
11
What was the major development in phonology in the 15th and 16th centuries?
The Reformation
The Great Vowel Shift
Standardisation
The Great Bowel Shift
12
What is lexical change?
When the spelling of a word alters over time
When the meaning of a word changes
When a new language is introduced by invaders
When a word is added or removed from the language
13
Which of these is NOT an example of a double negative?
I wouldn't be surprised if it didn't rain
I don't know nothing about English Language Change
I don't want nothing
I know nothing about any of it
14
Which language was revived during the Renaissance era of the Early Modern English period?
Norse
Double Dutch
Greek
Latin
15
What is the opposite of descriptivism?
Predeterminism
Prepositionism
Pessimism
Prescriptivism
16
Which of these is NOT a proprietary name?
denim
hoover
walkman
coffee
17
When was Samuel Johnson's first dictionary published?
1744
1722
1755
1733
18
True or False: More than half of our modern English vocabulary is of Latin derivation?
True
False
19
Which are the correct dates for the Middle English period?
1350-1650
1150-1450
1150-1600
1050-1500
20
Which of the following is NOT a loan word?
lager
soprano
cotton
pyjamas
21
Which of the following is NOT a recognised cause of semantic change?
Narrowing
Euphemism
Abbreviating
Political Correctness
22
Who wrote the influential 'A Short Introduction to English Grammar' in 1762?
Robert Lowth
Robert Lough
Robert Leith
Robert Lowe
23
What is the collective noun for all of the words in the vocabulary of a language?
Lexicart
Lexical field
Lexicon
Dictionary
24
Who invented the printing press, and in which year?
William Claxton, 1456
William Caxton, 1467
Willem Caxton, 1465
William Caxton, 1476
25
The language known as Middle English is a mixture of Old English and which other language?
French
Latin
German
Celtic
26
The main change yo grammar in the Middle English period was the loss of a large number of...
dialects
transitive verbs
glottal stops
inflections
27
From which of these Indo-European branch of languages does English derive?
Celtic
Hellenic
Armenian
Germanic
28
Who wrote the first English dictionary?
Dr Samuel Johnson
Dr John Samuels
Dr Dick Tionary
Dr Samuel Johnston
29
Which of the following is NOT an Americanism?
sidewalk
garbage can
junk food
gung ho
30
Words and phrases that become obsolete are known as what?
Spoonerisms
Conversions
Archaisms
Old Hat
