WorksheetsPhilology
Total questions: 6
Worksheet time: 3mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The study of how linguistics vary from one place to the next and one speaker to the next.
a)
comparative linguistics
b)
linguistic typology
c)
ethnolinguistics
d)
sociolinguistics
2.
By what other term is comparative linguistics known?
a)
etymology
b)
sociolinguistics
c)
ethnolinguistics
d)
diachronic and/or historical linguistics
3.
The study of the origin of words.
a)
sociolinguistics
b)
ethnolinguistics
c)
etymology
d)
philology
4.
How are languages that come from basically the same source categorized?
a)
dialects
b)
families
c)
syntax
d)
semantics
5.
A type of speech spoken by a specific group of people in a specific location, district, or region.
a)
phoneme
b)
inflection
c)
dialect
6.
What is usually called a Hard News?
a)
Editorial
b)
Feature Story
c)
News Story
d)
Short Story
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