Chapter 14: Writing the ABCs of language

Question 1

Cave drawings, also called _________, are the seeds out of which writing is considered to have developed

Answer 1

petroglyphs

Question 2

When drawings are used to refer to particular objects, they are called _________. In a more abstract form, they can also refer to concepts and are then referred to as _________

Answer 2

pictograms / ideograms

Question 3

The oldest writing system known is that of the S_________. The simplified and conventionalized form of pictography is called ________, referring to the wedge-shaped stylus used to produce the symbols

Answer 3

Sumerians / cuneiform

Question 4

As symbols have come to represent words rather than objects, the writing is called _________. As the symbol then loses its visual relationship to the word it represents, it becomes _________

Answer 4

logographic / phonographic

Question 5

True/False - hieroglyphics are an example of the rebus principle

Answer 5

True

Question 6

True/False - Chinese and Japanese are both examples of logographic systems (word writing)

Answer 6

False

Question 7

The spelling of most English words today is based on

a. Late Middle English
b. Early Modern English
c. both
d. neither

Answer 7

c. both Late Middle and Early Modern English

Question 8

English orthography is

a. morphophonemic
b. phonemic
c. morphemic

Answer 8

a. morphophonemic

Question 9

Which of the following are examples of spelling pronunciation (You may circle more than one)

a. honest
b. habit
c. hour
d. hotel
e. hospital

Answer 9

b. habit d. hotel e. hospital

Question 10

Canadian spelling reflects both _________ and _________ influneces.

Answer 10

American / British