Introduction to the History of the English language
Old English and Middle English
Early Modern English and Modern English
FLA
Theories of LA
100
Which is the science that studies how language change and relate to each other thorughout history?
Historical Linguistics
100
Which battles did the Normans win, which derived in their conquest of the British Isles?
Battle of Hastings
100
Who coined around 1700 new words during the Early Modern English period?
Shakespeare
100
What is input?
language samples provided by older children or adults in the home environment
100
Name 4 LANGUAGE ACQUISITION THEORIES
Behaviourist, Innateness, Cognitive, Interaction
200
Which is the name of the language family to which English belong?
Indo-European
200
Who were the first inhabitants of the British Isles?
Celts
200
What is the main change in the language that the Renaissance implies?
Increase of foreign borrowings
200
What is the difference between language acquisition and language learning?
200
How do children learn according to Behaviourist theory?
Children learn through imitation, practice and reinforcement.
300
the real story of the history of the English language
What is the name of the story that makes reference to the history of The English language taking into account its varieties?
300
Which was the language of religion and administration during the Middle Ages?
Latin
300
From which languages did the main borrowings of the Early Modern English period come?
Latin, Greek and French
300
Name stages of language acquisition
300
What is “system of categories, mechanisms and constraints shared by all human languages and considered to be innate”?
Universal Grammar
400
Which is the Latin term for the English word "father"?
pater
400
What is a language used to communicate when the speakers speak different languages?
lingua franca
400
Which syntactic word order was fixed in English during the Middle Ages?
SVO
400
What is CAREGIVER SPEECH?
Can you name some features?
the characteristically simplified speech style adopted by someone who spends a lot of time interacting with a young child.
FEATURES:
Frequent use of questions
Long pauses
Slow tempo
Simple sentences
A lot of repetition
Exaggerated intonation
400
True or false: The cognitive theory of language acquisition is based on the aspect that a child develops language as he develops intellect. The inherent theory focuses on the innate aspects of the brain that allows children to formulate verbal processes.
True
500
What is the branch of languages that English belongs to?
Germanic branch
500
When did the Vikings invade England?
8th century
500
Which changes in pronunciation did the Great Vowel Shift imply?
raising of vowel sounds
500
What is the critical period hypothesis? What can happen if a child is not exposed to language in their early years?
The critical period is sometimes called the “sensitive period” for language acquisition.
500
What is ZPD? Who intoduced it?
Zone of Proximal Development, Leo Vygotsky