Language Change

Question 1

wheel = &#x27;a whole bicycle&#x27; --> wheel = &#x27;only a part of a vehicle&#x27;. Which semantic change does the word &#x27;wheel&#x27; undergo?

Accepted Answer

Narrowing of meaning

Question 2

What is the pronunciation of the word &#x27;name&#x27; in OE?

Accepted Answer

/na:m/

Question 3

What retains from earlier periods in Modern English?

Accepted Answer

The case inflection of pronouns

Question 4

If these sentences were OE, which sentence would be the possible word order in OE?

Accepted Answer

Me likes he., He likes me., Likes me He.

Question 5

What is not the characteristic unique to EMnE?

Accepted Answer

Case inflection

Question 6

Which one is an inkhorn term?

Accepted Answer

annihilate

Question 7

Which one is not a factor leading to the creation of new words in MnE?

Accepted Answer

cultural advances

Question 8

What is the possible MnE word of this OE pronunciation &#x27;ku:&#x27; before the Great Vowel Shift?

Accepted Answer

cow

Question 9

What is the type of language that has plenty of inflections?

Accepted Answer

Synthetic

Question 10

What is the literature written in OE?

Accepted Answer

Beowulf

Question 11

Which one is not the concern of historical linguistics?

Accepted Answer

to create new languages

Question 12

Which language is not in the Indo-European language family?

Accepted Answer

Finnish

Question 13

What is the possible MnE word of this OE pronunciation &#x27;glɔ:&#x27; before the Great Vowel Shift?

Accepted Answer

glow

Question 14

Varieties of Englishes are different in the following areas

Accepted Answer

Orthography, Grammar, Vocabulary, Pronunciation

Question 15

Which one is the case that shows possession?

Accepted Answer

Genitive

Question 16

What is the pronunciation of the word &#x27;food&#x27; in OE?

Accepted Answer

/fəʊd/

Question 17

Which language is not in the Non-Indo-European language family?

Accepted Answer

Persian

Question 18

Which word does not come from Scandinavian influence?

Accepted Answer

angle

Question 19

Which group of people did not invade England?

Accepted Answer

Greeks

Question 20

What does not make English important again in England?

Accepted Answer

Loss of Normandy

Question 21

Old English started in the period of ________

Accepted Answer

Germanic conquest

Question 22

The Romans left many things to England EXCEPT _______

Accepted Answer

Castles

Question 23

OE was influenced by many foreign languages EXCEPT ______

Accepted Answer

French

Question 24

What is the example of the assimilation of French borrowing?

Accepted Answer

enlightenment

Question 25

What is a protolanguage?

Accepted Answer

ภาษาดั้งเดิม

Question 26

What is not an analytic language?

Accepted Answer

Latin

Question 27

What is not the aim of the Grammarians in C.18?

Accepted Answer

to describe the changes of language over time

Question 28

Who is the first group of people living in England?

Accepted Answer

Celts

Question 29

What is not the characteristic unique to ME?

Accepted Answer

Inflection

Question 30

Which one is the main problem in the period of EMnE?

Accepted Answer

Orthography

Question 31

What is not about Johnson&#x27;s dictionary?

Accepted Answer

history of words and idioms

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