Language change

If language is spoken, it is changing.

• True

• False

In general, languages change every generation.

• True

• False

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

Which levels of language does language change affect?

• sounds

• words

• grammar

• the clothes worn in that culture

• the food eaten

Napron to an apron is an example of:

• sound change

• verb change

• reanalysis

• post analysis

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

• 12th

• 14th

• 18th

• 21st

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

• True

• False

What is language contact?

• A way of tracing COVID-19 infections

• A person that you can contact if you have questions about language.

• When two people who speak different languages come together and make up a completely different language.

• When languages in the same area influence each other.

Define multilingualism.

• Speaking two langauges

• Speaking three or more languages

• Specifically speaking six languages

Define converge

• Going away from each other

• The grass that grows on the side of a hockey field

• Coming together