Lecture 567890

What language family does English belong to?

• Romance

• West germanic

• Slavic

• Celtic

On how many continents is English widely spoken?

• Four

• Five

• Six

• Seven

What is the ancestral language of English?

• Proto-Germanic

• Proto-Indo-European

• Old Norse

• Latin

Which of the following languages is most closely related to Modern English?

• German

• Dutch

• Frisian

• Icelandic

What is one characteristic of Modern English compared to Proto-Indo-European?

• It is more synthetic.

• It has more inflections.

• It is more analytic.

• It has fewer vowels.

How many letters are in the English alphabet?

• 24

• 25

• 26

• 27

What major event significantly changed the pronunciation of English vowels?

• The Great Vowel Shift

• The Norman Conquest

• The Industrial Revolution

• The Renaissance

What does the openness of vocabulary in English imply?

• Limited borrowing from other languages

• Resistance to new words

• Readiness to adopt new terms and forms

• Strict rules on word formation

Which reformer is known for creating an American dictionary and promoting spelling changes?

• Samuel Johnson

• William Caxton

• George Bernard Shaw

• Noah Webster

What are some characteristics of English orthography?

• It is highly phonetic.

• It is consistent across all dialects.

• It has remained unchanged for centuries.

• It does not always reflect pronunciation accurately.