Language contact

Which of the following situations may not encourage language contact?

• Emily is talking to her Japanese friend, Mika, on the phone.

• Johnny is participating a business meeting with Thai companies.

• May teaches her 1-year-old daughter to say goodbye.

• Lucy bought souvenirs from a local shopkeeper in Bali

Which social factors can encourage language contact situations?

• trading

• media

• religions

• technology

• all of the above

Dim sum is a Chinese loanword in English , so Chinese is ______.

• the substratum language

• the donor language

• the recipient language

• the superstratum language

The word 'deja vu' or 'dé·jà vu' is an English borrowed from ...................

• French

• German

• Japanese

• Persian

The word 巴士 (bā shì) is a Chinese word borrowed from English, so Chinese is ____________

• the substratum language

• the superstratum language

• the donor language

• the recipient language

Which of the following choices is NOT an example of 'cultural borrowing'?

• Kebab

• Phat Thai

• Ramen

• Bye-bye

Which of the following linguistic features can be borrowed?

• Sounds

• Personal pronouns

• Suffixes

• All of the above

Which lg does ukulele derive from?

• Hawaiian
• French
• Ethiopian
• Czech

WHAT LANGUAGE IS MOST BORROWED

• English

• French

• Latin

• Italian

• Greek

Answer explanation

English is the most common language to be spoken and borrowed. Loanwords make up 80% of English.

The combination of letters sk- or sc- at the beginning of a word in modern English is also very often an indicator that a word is

• Scandinavian borrowing

• French borrowing

• Latin borrowing