Quizz

A linguistic change is very ______ to spot accurately at an early stage.

• easy

• difficult

The study of Martha’s Vineyard built on earlier descriptions of the Vineyarders’ speech

The study is.....

• real time study of language change

• apparent-time study of language change

Apparent-time studies of language change focus on a comparison between the speech patterns of same age groups within the different speech community at a certain moment in time

• T

• F

How many kinds of differences in this type of language change?

The Linguistic Atlas of New England described the pronunciations of an earlier generation. Then, changes in pronunciation that had occurred on the island over a twenty to thirty-year period could be identified

• Real time study of language change

• Apparent-time study of language change

HRTs were used far more often by ___ than ___

• adults - teenagers

• teenagers - adults

Younger speakers: newer or _______forms

Older speakers: older, _________forms (adopted in teenage years.)

Real time studies of language change can be illustrated by the repetition of a community study

• T

• F

When is a new form being introduced?