English 1 Unit 2 Quiz 1

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study of cities, customs, and artifacts in the ancient world

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archaeology

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to leave one's country to live in another

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emigrant

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a phrase or expression whose meaning cannot be understood in the ordinary sense

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idiom

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a person who studies the history and linguistics of a language

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linguist

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having to do with language or the study of languages

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linguistics

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the study of word forms and how they are affected by their origins

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morphology

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communication that does not use words

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nonverbal

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the branch of linguistics dealing with pronunciation

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phonetics

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the branch of linguistics dealing with meaning

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semantics

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the branch of linguistics dealing with word order

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syntax

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the languages of people or nationalities

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tongues

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the only one of its kind

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unique

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In Genesis 1, the first words were, "And God ___"

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said

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To a certain extent, man created language t/f

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true

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Everyone agrees on the source of language t/f

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false

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Four characteristics that languages have in common are a pattern of ______ , a collection of ____ , a system of word ___________ , and elements of grammar.

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sounds, words, arrangements

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Two elements of grammar that have been a part of all languages since Babel are _____.

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syntax and morphology

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Syntax means ______

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order of words

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Why are the sounds of animals not properly called language?

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Animals cannot acquire any of the four characteristics of language because of physical and mental limitations.

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Learning a second language helps in understanding people of other countries t/f

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true

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Understanding the meaning of gestures in another culture helps to understand the language as well. t/f

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true

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Truly understanding a language involves knowing the characteristics of the people who speak it. t/f

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true

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the ancient language from which indo-european comes from

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Aryan

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Celtic language originally in the Irish areas of British isles

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Breton

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a form of speech that varies from the standard language

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dialect

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having to do with a group of related languages spoken in India, Western Asia, and Europe

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Indo- European

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the great valley located along the Indus River between India and Pakistan

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Indus Valley

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an ancient country that is now Iraq

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Mesopotamia

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a piece of land almost surrounded by water

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peninsula

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to fill again

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replenish

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native of Finland, Norway, Sweden, or Denmark

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Scandinavian

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a high tower with many stories, each one smaller than the one below

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ziggurat

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The term Aryan refers to an ancient _____.

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Language

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A great tower has been uncovered at Ur, an ancient city of _____.

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Mesopotamia

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The Indus people spoke _____.

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Aryan

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The branch of Indus people that conquered India brought with them poetry and prose written in _____.

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Sanskrit

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Today, almost all Europeans speak a(n) _____ tongue.

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Aryan

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About half the world's population speaks a language that belongs what language family?

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Indo-European

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Speakers of the Aryan language came to Eastern Europe from the Tigris-Euphrates area. t/f

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true

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In Southern Europe, the Latin branch of the Aryan-speaking family became what five different, but closely related, languages?

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French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Romanian

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In Western Europe, England, and Scandinavia, the Germanic branch of the Aryan-speaking family became what seven languages?

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Danish, Swedish, English, Norwegian, Icelandic, German, Dutch- Flemish

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Two other branches of the Indo-European language are _______ and Celtic.

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Greek

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The four Celtic languages are Breton, Gaelic, Welsh, and ________ .

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Scots- Gaelic

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letters pronounced with a puff of air, like hot

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aspirate

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the people or language of ancient England

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Briton

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a form of noun, pronoun, or adjective that shows its relation to other words

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case

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ancient people of the British Isles

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Celts

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poet of the fourteenth- century England

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Chaucer

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a group of pastors or priests

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clergy

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one vowel which becomes two sounds when pronounced, as in long a

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diphthongal glide

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a churchman such as a pastor or bishop

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ecclesiastic

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a noun grouping into masculine, feminine, and neuter

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gender

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a period of spelling changes in English, particularly the changing of vowels to diphthongs

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Great Vowel Shift

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one city or country containing many cultures

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melting pot

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the form of verb to indicate fact, doubt, command, etc

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mood

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the form of a word which indicates the singular or plural

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number

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a change in a pronoun or verb to show who is speaking

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person

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a poet of sixteenth- century England

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Shakespeare

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the form of the verb that shows time relation

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tense

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the translator of the Bible in the sixteenth century

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Tyndale

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fourteenth- century translator of the English Bible

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Wycliffe

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Although only one-fourth of the words in the English dictionary are of Germanic origin, about four-fifths of the words we use most often in daily speech are of Germanic origin. t/f

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true

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English conjunctions, relative pronouns, and adverbs are of Latin origin. t/f

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false

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Many English words related to religion are of either Latin or Greek origin. t/f

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true

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Indo-European languages have clearly defined parts of speech. t/f

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true

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One effect of Latin upon Old English syntax was the reliance upon word endings rather than word order. t/f

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true

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Chaucer's writings represented examples of our language in transition from Middle English to Modern English. t/f

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false

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The Normans used only English and French in their literature. t/f

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false

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After the Norman invasion of England, the French-speaking Normans were the overlords, the clergy, and the scholars; the Anglo-Saxons were the subjects. t/f

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true

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Today's long vowels have _____.

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diphthongal glide

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The Great Vowel Shift was a gradual change in the pronunciation of all the _____.

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long vowels

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This Great Vowel Shift brought the long vowel sounds _______ their modern pronunciation.

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closer to