Language Universals
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Languages in different parts of the world are extremely different, but also similar.
True
False
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Language universlas refers to what human languages have in common.
True
False
Tags
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Example of implicational universals
Subjects tend strongly to precede objects.
All languages have vowels and consonants.
If a language has voiced fricatives, it also has unvoiced fricatives, but not necessarily the other way round
Lexicalization
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
It refers to the example that if a language has property A, then it also has property B, but not necessarily the other way round.
Absolute universal
Implicational universal
Statistical universal
Lexicalization
Tags
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
It refers to properties found in all languages.
Absolute universals
Statistical universals
Implicational Universals
Lexicalization
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.7
CCSS.RI.11-12.7
CCSS.RI.8.7
CCSS.RL.11-12.7
CCSS.RL.9-10.7
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
It reflects important trends that are found in a predominant part of the languages of the world, but not necessarily in all.
Absolute universals
Statistical universals
Implicational universals
Lexicalization
Tags
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Example of absolute universal.
All languages have vowels and consonants.
Subjects tend strongly to precede objects.
If a language has voiced fricatives, it also has unvoiced fricatives, but not necessarily the other way round.
Tags
CCSS.L.1.5A
CCSS.L.1.5B
CCSS.L.K.5A
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