Morphology
Lexicology
Syntax
Origins of English
Other Metalanguage
Miscellaneous
100
things that are attached to the front of a word
What is a prefix?
100
The vocabulary of a language.
What is lexicon?
100
The arrangement of words in a sentence.
What is syntax?
100
The study of the origin of words.
What is etymology?
100
language about language
What is metalanguage?
100
There are 7 of these land masses on Earth.
What are continents?
200
things that are attached to the end of a word
What is a suffix?
200
A newly coined word.
What is a neologism?
200
English is a part of this language family.
What is the Indo-European family?
200
In linguistics, this refers to how the language is written. It includes the letters, symbols, punctuation, or icons used.
What are graphics?
200
This is the oldest surviving text in Old English.
What is Beowulf?
300
The smallest unit of language that cannot be further divided.
What is a morpheme?
300
A type of neologism where a language adopts words from another language.
What are borrowings?
300
The language created when three Germanic tribes invaded the British Isles around 450AD.
What is Old English?
300
English uses this alphabet.
What is the Latin alphabet?
300
This branch includes languages such as Norwegian, German, English, Dutch, and Icelandic.
What is the Germanic branch?
400
These words were borrowed from this language: alien, senior, election, amateur, family.
What is Latin?
400
Two or more groups, who speak different languages come together and create this to communicate.
What is a pidgin?
400
The symbol in Old English makes this sound. 
What is 'th'?
500
This is a pigeon that is then taught to a new generation as a first language.
What is a creole?