1. Changes In Language Flashcards
What contributes to changes in language?
Historical events Inventions Discoveries New ideas Individuals Contact with other cultures Social reform Historical crises
Every culture has some form of ___
Religion
Every culture has a word for democracy?
False
What did God ask Adam to do in Genesis 2:19-20
Name the animals
What set Adam apart from the animals?
His ability to communicate using language
What did the Israelites find in Exodus 16:14-15?
A small thing like frost on the ground; manna
So thin nama a gehlagod
Fragment of Anglo-Saxon (old English)
“Hallowed be thy name.”
Language reflects ____
Culture
Our modern culture bears little resemblance to?
Anglo-Saxon English
____ and ____ change is inevitable
Cultural, linguistic
Changes that can happen to words?
Old words are dropped and new words are added
Words change meanings and rise or fall in respectability
Language change can be?
Deliberate or accidental, systematic or arbitrary
Most obvious aspect of any language?
Vocabulary
All languages are made up of?
Consonant and vowel combinations
Most modern languages have equivalent general terms for?
Man, tree, and for black