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Language Learning
Writing systems and Con languages
100
How many branches are there?
7
100
What is Linguistics?
The scientific study of language that looks at systems and patterns.
100
All languages are said to have what 3 things?
verb subject object
100
What is language learning also known as?
Language aquisition
100
What is the most famous Con language?
Esperanto
200
What are the 2 branches that deal with sound?
Phonetics and Phonology
200
What is a person who studies languages and does not have to be fluent in them known as?
A linguist
200
when we agree the subject with a verb what are we doing?
conjugating it.
200
Who was Victor?
A feral child
200
A standard system of letters is also known as?
An alphabet
300
which branch deals with the structure of language?
syntax
300
What do the letters PIE stand for?
Proto Indo European
300
which language is this word in? gehen
German
300
Which linguist believed in Universal Grammar?
Chomsky
300
Put the following writing systems into the correct order: Roman Cuneiform Phonetician Greek
Cuneiform Phonetician Greek Roman
400
what are the 2 macro branches we have learned about?
Psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics
400
Name 3 of the main branches from the PIE tree.
Germanic Slavonic Romance
400
Which language is this word in? rojo
Spanish
400
if you can speak more than 3 languages you are?
A polyglot
400
What do the letters IPA stand for and where can one find it?
International Phonetic Alphabet in modern dictionaries
500
What is meaning in context called?
Pragmatics
500
There are 9 of what?
Parts of Speech
500
Which language is this word in? un chien
French
500
There are said to be around 6,000 what in the world?
spoken languages
500
When a language dies out it is also known as?
linguiscide