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Language change

Authored by Julia Clarke

English, World Languages, Other

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

If language is spoken, it is changing.

True

False

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In general, languages change every generation.

True

False

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Looking back on a language and researching how it has changed is called:

The history of language

Historical language

Historical linguistics

The history of linguistics

4.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which levels of language does language change affect?

sounds

words

grammar

the clothes worn in that culture

the food eaten

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Napron to an apron is an example of:

sound change

verb change

reanalysis

post analysis

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In what century did the use of "they" for a singular person begin?

12th

14th

18th

21st

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Not all language change happens for a reason - some changes are random or without a traceable reason.

True

False

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