English Test - The Development of English
Why did early America develop unique words? Mark all that apply. 1. influence of other immigrants 2. westward movement 3. different climate and topography 4. Indian influence 5. similar to England in all respects
1, 2, 3 and 4
Check the ways in which the Renaissance influenced the development of English. 1. thirst for learning 2. a spirit of inquiry 3. borrowings from languages of other countries 4. language-standardized because of printing press 5. became more God-centered than man-centere 6. dreturn to classics
1, 2, 3, 4 and 6
Why do dialects develop? Mark all that apply. 1. ethnic background 2. contact with the general American English mainstream 3. isolated geographical areas influence language change 4. cultural influences
1, 3 and 4
How did the Norman Invasion affect Anglo-Saxon English?
10,000 Norman French words were added to the basic Anglo-Saxon vocabulary
"I'd no money" is an example of _________________.
British usage
The language of Shakespeare was __________________________
Early Modern English
A morpheme is synonymous with syllable. True or False?
False
An Americanism is a borrowed word whose form is changed to make it resemble American English. True or False?
False
Etymology is not reflected in spelling. True or False?
False
Gobbledygook is a synonym for jargon. True or False?
False
Knight is an example of an Anglicized word. True or False?
False
Which of the major United States regional dialects is spoken by the greatest number of people?
General American
The language of the Normans was a dialect of ________________.
Old French
_______________ language depends primarily on inflections to communicate grammatical meaning.
Synthetic
American English tends to preserve words that are obsolete in England. True or False?
True
Lift and elevator are terms for the same object. True or False?
True
The, -ing, and un- have grammatical meaning. True or False?
True
The suffix -ize added to a word turns it into _____________.
a verb
The Normans had a significant impact upon English because they =
allowed their language and culture to fuse with those of the English
The opposite of pejoration is ________________
amelioration
uses word order rather than inflections to show grammatical relationships =
analytic language
The combining forms quad and tetra, one Latin and the other Greek, are ___________ terms meaning four.
cognate
The literal meaning of a word is frequently changed because of the word's cultural __________________.
connotations
Dutch =
cookie
The history or derivation of a word is its ________________
etymology
The verb to coin originally referred to money but was extended by analogy to refer to "coined" words. The type of change that occurred was ___________________
generalization
African =
gumbo
a form of expression peculiar to a particular language and approved by usage =
idiom
the smallest unit of semantic or grammatical meaning: word, base, affix or inflection =
morpheme
The words weed and stink have undergone ______________.
pejoration
French =
prairie
Algonquian =
skunk
emphasizes grammatical relationships of words in a sentence =
structural punctuation
The word academese was formed by use of _______________________
suffix addition
The primary influence on changes taking place in American English today is ________________.
technology
Spanish =
wrangler
