Development and Variation of the English Language Session 1: Mechanisms of Linguistic Change Quiz

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Which historic event involved the settlement of Germanic tribes in Britain?

  • Viking Invasions (correct)
  • Expansion of the British Empire
  • Norman Conquest
  • Introduction of Book Printing in England

During which period do we classify English as Old English?

  • ca. 1100-1500
  • ca. 1750-1900
  • ca. 450-1100 (correct)
  • ca. 1500-1750

What linguistic change occurred in 1066 in the British Isles?

  • Viking Invasions
  • Settlement of Germanic tribes in Britain
  • Norman Conquest (correct)
  • Introduction of Book Printing in England

Which period do we classify as Present-Day English?

<p>ca. 1900-today (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the mechanisms of linguistic change?

<p>Psychological factors, systemic factors, and external factors (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do systemic factors affect linguistic change?

<p>Via language contact, political decisions, and technical inventions (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are psychological factors in linguistic change?

<p>Principle of ease and analogy (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which external factors can influence a language and how?

<p>Via language contact and political decisions (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why do we say oxen instead of oxes?

<p>Because it's a Germanic plural formed by adding -en (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the primary mechanisms of linguistic change?

<p>Psychological factors, systemic factors, and external factors (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does language contact influence a language?

<p>Via military invasion, colonialization, immigration, travel/trade (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main factor behind the plural form 'oxen'?

<p>Germanic plural formed by adding -en (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the influences of political decisions on a language?

<p>Via language policy leading to the rise of a standard (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What effect do systemic factors have on linguistic change?

<p>By introducing asymmetry and redundancy in language (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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