HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
LANGUAGE ACQUISITION I
LANGUAGE ACQUISITION II
GENERAL I
GENERAL II
100
What is the time frame of Old English?
450-1150 CE
100
What does Chomsky say about FLA?
It is innate.
100
What is it called when a learner is successful at applying a rule from their first to their second language?
positive transfer
100
Who was the name of the person who printed the first book in English?
William Caxton
100
What is morphology?
It is the study of word formation.
200
Who was the most important writer in the Middle English period?
Chaucer
200
What are the three pre-linguistic stages and what is their order?
crying, cooing, babbling
200
What is UG and whose theory of LA is it connected?
Chomsky
200
Who was the writer of the first book that was printed in English?
Chaucer
200
What is syntax?
It is the study of the structure (grammar) of a language.
300
What is the name and the dates of the period in which Shakespeare wrote?
Early Modern English- 1500-1700 CE
300
What is the name of Skinner's theory of language acquisition?
Behaviorism
300
What are the two different cognitive styles?
Field dependence and field independence.
300
What is phonology?
It is the study of the sound system of English.
300
Is semantics context dependent or context independent?
Context independent.
400
Who were the three original groups of invaders of England?
Angles, Saxons, Jutes
400
What does Skinner say about FLA?
It is affected by the environment.
400
What are the two different kinds of motivation learners have to learn a second language?
integrative and instrumental
400
What is etymology?
It is the study of word origins.
400
What do historical linguists do?
They study the changes in a language over time.
500
What is the name and the date of the event that first brought the French Normans to England?
Norman Conquest- 1066 CE
500
What is the "order of mention"?
Children interpret utterances in the order the clauses are used.
500
What is the name of the theory that says that language is both innate and dependent on the environment?
Interactionist
500
What are the four conversational maxims?
Quantity, quality, relation and manner.
500
Are languages mutually intelligible or unintelligible?
They are mutually unintelligible.
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