WorksheetsMain development of linguistics in the last few centuries.
Total questions: 7
Worksheet time: 4mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the most outstanding achievement of linguistic scholarship in the 19th century?
a)
The appearance of the greek language
b)
The comparative method
2.
Were the languages genealogically related?
(a)
3.
Where do all Romance languages descend from?
a)
Sanskrit
b)
Greek
c)
Latin
d)
German
4.
What similarities did Sanskrit have?
a)
Greek and Latin
b)
Latin and German
c)
German and Greek
5.
Who was the first to say that there were systematic correspondences between the sounds of words in German, Greek, Latin and Sanskrit?
a)
Jacob Grimm
b)
Sir William Jones
6.
Put forward the thesis that
all changes in the sound
system of a language:
a)
Indo European Family
b)
Changers
c)
Young Grammarians
7.
"Young Grammarians" was
created:
a)
In 1950
b)
By the end of 19th Century
c)
In 1870
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