Linguistics Identification Exam

The study of language change over time is known as ________.

• Historical linguistics

• Diachronic linguistics

The first language learned at home in childhood and still understood by a person is called (a)   .

A group of people who share rules for conducting and interpreting at least one variety of a language or dialect is called a (a)   .

The branch of linguistics that deals with the sound system of a language is called (a)   .

The process by which humans acquire the ability to comprehend and produce language is called (a)   .

The social and linguistic phenomenon where speakers of different languages or dialects interact, leading to a transfer of linguistic features, is called (a)   .

A permanent alteration in the features and use of a language over time is known as (a)   .

The set of words and their meanings within a language is referred to as its (a)   .

A language that a person uses other than their first or native language is referred to as (a)   .

In linguistics, the term (a)   refers to a system of rules governing the structure of sentences, phrases, and words.