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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Within West Germanic languages, English belongs to…

The Celtic branch

The Low German branch

The High German branch

The Anglo Frisian branch

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

One of the main phonological differences between Germanic languages and other members of the Indo-European family is based on…

The loss of prevocalic *p-

Brugmann’s law

Grimm’s law

Bartholomae’s law

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a cognate?

a word which has the same linguistic origin as another one

a word which has no parallels in other languages

a word which has been borrowed from another language.

A word which is no longer…

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The asterisk (*) in historical linguistics marks…

Words or sounds which do not exist

Words or sounds which are cognates

Words or sounds which are not directly recorded and have been reconstructed

All of the above

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Choose the incorrect option. The comparative method…

Is also of help for language typology

Aims to predict the future of a language

Laid the foundation of philology

Has phonology at its core

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who invaded Britain from the 5th century onwards?

Vikings

Celts

Angles, Saxons, and Jutes

Normans

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where is Proto-Indo-European assumed to have been spoken between 6000 – 4000 BC?

North Europe

North and Central America

Central Europe and South Asia

North Asia

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