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Review Language Change 2 (English Language 9093)
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An example of syntactic change in English is...
The addition of new words
Change in vowel sounds
The shift from ‘thou’ to ‘you’
The disappearance of the subjunctive mood (wish, suggestion, command)
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Lexical change in English language is demonstrated by...
The change in meaning of words like 'awful'
The Great Vowel Shift
Changes in sentence structure
The introduction of 'thou' and 'thee'
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Morphological change in English can be seen through...
The Great Vowel Shift
Changes in word order
The introduction of new punctuation marks
The disappearance of inflectional endings
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Which is an example of a grammatical change in English?
The Norman Conquest
The Great Vowel Shift
Use of 'do' in questions and negatives
Introduction of 'thou' in Early Modern English
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English is classified as an Indo-European language because...
It is spoken widely in Europe
It borrows heavily from French and German
It originates from Latin
It shares a common ancestral language with many European and SA languages
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An example of pragmatic change in English is...
Evolution in the use of politeness and formality
Alteration in word spellings
Changes in vowel pronunciation
The shift from synthetic to analytical structures
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Prescriptivist linguistics advocates for
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The evolution of language
Adhering to established rules and norms
Borrowing from other languages
Describing language use
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Semantic change includes...
Shifts in phonology
New sentence structures
Evolution in word meanings
Changes in spelling
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Middle English is known for...
Its similarity to Old English
The introduction of the printing press
The Great Vowel Shift
Borrowed from Latin, French, and Scandinavian
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Descriptivist linguistics focuses on
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Describing how language is actually used
The history of language
The structure of language
Prescribing language rules
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The Cultural Transmission Theory in linguistics suggests that
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Language changes due to random fluctuations
Language is passed and evolved through social interactions
Language evolves to fill a lacuna
Language is innate and genetically transmitted
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Inflection is the
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Change in the form of words to express grammatical functions
Analysis of sentence structure
Creation of new words
Study of word meanings
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The Great Vowel Shift is primarily related to...
Syntax
Phonology
Morphology
Graphology
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A characteristic of Early Modern English is...
Lack of French influence
Simple sentence structures
Absence of silent letters in words
Use of thee and thou
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Old English is...
Very similar to modern English
The same as Middle English
A variant of Norman French
Mostly incomprehensible to modern English speakers
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N-gram graphs are used in linguistics to
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Trace the frequency of specific phrases over time
Study phonological changes
Analyze sentence structures
Understand morphological patterns
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Coalescence refers to
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The borrowing of words from other languages
The creation of new words
Changes in syntax
The merging of two phonemes into one
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Orthographic changes in English include...
Changes in spelling rules
Changes in sentence structure
Phonetic shifts
Meaning shifts in words
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Halliday's theory emphasizes
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The prescriptive rules of language
The visual aspects of language
Language as a means of social interaction
Language as a system of sounds
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Neologism refers to
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Words borrowed from other languages
Old, rarely used words
Newly coined words or expressions
Obsolete spelling forms
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Pejoration refers to a word
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Shifting to a neutral meaning
Becoming outdated
Gaining a more negative connotation
Becoming more technical in meaning
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The Norman Conquest affected the English language by...
Affecting the English graphology
Changing the phonology of English
Introducing a significant number of French words
Altering English syntax
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Graphology in language change primarily refers to...
The evolution of word meanings
The study of sentence structures
Shifts in spoken sounds
Changes in written symbols and text appearance
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Amelioration is a process where a word
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Becomes obsolete
Takes on a more positive connotation
Loses its original meaning
Borrows meanings from another language
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Broadening means a word
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Becomes more specific in meaning
Has its meaning extended or generalized
Is borrowed from another language
Loses its original meaning entirely
