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2023 LA 2.1 self test Flashcards

1
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English belongs to the ____________ language family

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Indo- European

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Indo- European includes these 5 major branches
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  1. Haloceltic
  2. balto slavic
  3. proto- germanic
  4. Hellenic
  5. Indo- Iranian
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3
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reading and understanding fourteenth-century english is so difficult for us because __________

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language changes with time. The English language has changed a great deal in 600 years

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4
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English went through these steps to become the language we know as modern English

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  1. Indo- European
  2. Proto- germanic
  3. West Germanic
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5
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Aramaic

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the language spoken by Jesus

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6
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High German

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the official language of Austria and Germany

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Italo- Celtic

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the form of Italic spoken before the Celtic migration

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Hellenic

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includes Greek Dialects

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Low German

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includes Dutch, Flemish, and Frisian

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10
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Sanskrit

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a member of Indo-Iranian family

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11
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what does the abbreviation HG stand for

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High German

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12
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what does the abbreviation OF stand for

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Old- French

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13
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what does the abbreviation SP stand for

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spanish

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14
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what does the abbreviation GK stand for

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Greek

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15
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what does the abbreviation F stand for

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French

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what does the abbreviation MF stand for

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Middle French

17
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what does the abbreviation OE stand for

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Old English

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what does the abbreviation OHG stand for

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Old high German

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what does the abbreviation DU stand for?

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Dutch

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what does the abbreviation HEB stand for?

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Hebrew

21
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Varmint is an example of ________-

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american dialect

22
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the term used for a person who studies and compares languages is __________

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linguist

23
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the Latin word Mater means

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mother

24
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The French word Sept and the Greek word Hepta means_________

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seven

25
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The celtic and sankrit forms for three are

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TRI

26
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Define Dialect

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a form of language variation which can develop as a result of isolation can be found in the Appalachian area of kentucky and West Virginia

27
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define philologist

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a scientist who studies records of languages and words

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