1. Changes In Language Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
1
Q

What contributes to changes in language?

A
Historical events
Inventions
Discoveries
New ideas
Individuals
Contact with other cultures 
Social reform
Historical crises
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Every culture has some form of ___

A

Religion

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Every culture has a word for democracy?

A

False

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

What did God ask Adam to do in Genesis 2:19-20

A

Name the animals

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

What set Adam apart from the animals?

A

His ability to communicate using language

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

What did the Israelites find in Exodus 16:14-15?

A

A small thing like frost on the ground; manna

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

So thin nama a gehlagod

A

Fragment of Anglo-Saxon (old English)

“Hallowed be thy name.”

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Language reflects ____

A

Culture

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Our modern culture bears little resemblance to?

A

Anglo-Saxon English

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

____ and ____ change is inevitable

A

Cultural, linguistic

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Changes that can happen to words?

A

Old words are dropped and new words are added

Words change meanings and rise or fall in respectability

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Language change can be?

A

Deliberate or accidental, systematic or arbitrary

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Most obvious aspect of any language?

A

Vocabulary

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

All languages are made up of?

A

Consonant and vowel combinations

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Most modern languages have equivalent general terms for?

A

Man, tree, and for black

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Only with the development of such institutions as ____ and ____ does the need for such terms to develop

A

Law, government