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NOT LIKE THE OTHERS
DEFINITIONS
PROCESSES
EXAMPLES
DIFFERENCES
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Universality
What is the characteristics of grammar that is about the likeness of all languages in certain ways?
100
Articulatory and Acoustic
The two branches of Phonetics
100
What was the movement that occurred between Middle English and Early Modern English?
The Great Vowel Movement
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What form of a sentence is this example below: "Allow me to request that you take out the garbage"
Imperative
100
What's the difference between a hypernym and hyponym?
Hypernym is the more general word (contains a set), and a hyponym is a more specific term (part of a set).
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Dialect is just a variety of language. Languages are not mutually intelligible, whereas dialects are.
(d) What is the difference between language and dialect?
200
Articulatory
The branch of phonetics that deals with how humans produce and perceive speech sounds
200
What are the two types of borrowing?
Lexical and structural borrowing
200
Stringing together different syllables, [bugabimo], usually at 10 months of age, is known as _______.
Variegated Babbling
200
What is the difference between positive and negative transfer?
Positive: L1 facilitates your L2 learning Negative: L1 hinders your L2 learning
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Which is NOT a hyponymy relationship? (a) monkey, animal (b) animal, mammal (c) mammal, monkey (d) animal, magnolia
(d) animal, magnolia
300
When does a pidgin turn into a full language?
When it becomes a child's first language (becomes a creole)
300
What is the term for when words take on a more pejorative meaning over time?
Degradation
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DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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What's the difference between a language and a dialect?
Languages are supposed to be mutually unintelligible, dialects are mutually intelligible
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Which of these is not like the other? (a) pidgin (b) language (c) creole (d) dialect
(a) pidgin (the only one without a full-fledged grammar and L1 speakers)
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What is an eponym?
Words that are named for persons somehow connected with them.
400
What are the four steps in turning a pidgin into a creole?
Prepidgin jargon, prototypical pidgin, expanded pidgin, creole
400
Give an example of two words that are converses.
(any pair of words where one must exist for the other to have reference)
400
What is the difference between reference and sense?
Reference is the relationship between words and the actual things in the world. Sense is the mental representation of a word or phrase.
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Which of these is not an acronym? (a) AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) (b) ETA (estimated time of arrival) (c) PIN (personal identification number) (d) NASA (national aeronautics and space administration)
(b)
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In language contact, the ___ language is the one that usually provides most of the phonology.
substrate
500
What is paradigm leveling?
The process by which irregular members of a paradigm become regularized though analogy.
500
What is an example of metathesis from Old English to Middle English?
hros > hors
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What is the difference between Southern American English and Midwest American English in how they treat [ɛ] before nasals?
In Southern dialect, [ɛ] --> [I] before nasals ('pen' and 'pin' sound the same), whereas these phonemes are distinct in Midwest American English.