A) Syntax B) Phonology C) Descriptive Linguistics D) Historical Linguistics
A) Language acquisition B) Language extinction C) Language isolation D) Language contact
A) Ancient Mesopotamia B) Ancient China C) Ancient Greece D) Ancient Egypt
A) Dravidian B) Sino-Tibetan C) Afro-Asiatic D) Indo-European
A) Chinese B) French C) Basque D) Swahili
A) Celtic B) Romance C) Slavic D) Germanic
A) Austronesian B) Indo-European C) Uralic D) Khoisan
A) Etymology B) Pragmatics C) Morphology D) Syntax
A) Uniformitarian principle B) Internal reconstruction C) Synchronic principle D) Comparative method
A) Noam Chomsky B) Edward Sapir C) Roman Jakobson D) Ferdinand de Saussure
A) Comparative method B) Internal reconstruction C) Mass lexical comparison D) Synchronic analysis
A) Analyzing the evolutionary origin of language. B) Studying sentence structure and principles for constructing sentences. C) Comparing changes in syntax between unrelated languages. D) Formulating rules that model word-formation patterns over time.
A) Synchronic analysis B) Reconstruction of ancestral languages C) Psycholinguistics D) Etymology
A) Archaeological evidence B) Linguistic evidence C) Genetic evidence D) Historical records
A) By having similar writing systems. B) By sharing a common vocabulary. C) Through convergence and borrowing. D) By being spoken in the same geographic region.
A) Diachronic analysis B) Comparative philology C) Synchronic analysis D) Psycholinguistics
A) Written records always lag behind speech in reflecting linguistic developments. B) Sociolinguists did not study older periods. C) There were no written languages. D) Gramophones recorded only spoken language.
A) Run → ran → run B) Walk → walked C) Sing ↔ sang ↔ sung D) Jump → jumped
A) 20,000 years B) 15,000 years C) 5,000 years D) 10,000 years
A) Internal reconstruction B) Synchronic analysis C) Comparative method D) Diachronic analysis
A) They follow the same pattern as weak verbs. B) They are remnants of a fully regular system of internal vowel changes. C) They were always considered irregular. D) They are irregular due to modern language rules.
A) There is no difference; both terms mean the same thing. B) Convergence involves borrowing, while genetic descent implies a common origin. C) Convergence results in new languages, while genetic descent does not. D) Convergence is about phonetic changes, while genetic descent is about vocabulary.
A) Only convergence through borrowing. B) Only genetic descent. C) Both convergence through borrowing and genetic descent. D) The use of similar alphabets.
A) Comparative method B) Synchronic analysis C) Mass lexical comparison D) Internal reconstruction |