Class Modalities
What is the study of a specific language at a specific point in time (e.g. language now)?
synchronic
[kʰi]
key
What language did Spanish evolve from?
Latin
What does 'Buenos días' mean and what is its literal meaning?
Good morning and 'good days'.
How do you know a word is a noun?
You can put 'the' or 'a/an' in front of it.
Put these in order and group two together regarding time:
Spanish
Proto-Indo-European
English
Latin
Proto-Indo-European
Latin
Spanish/English
What language do they speak in Columbia?
Spanish
What is the study of language using science?
[ðɪs]
this
What language did English evolve from?
Proto-Germanic
What does 'Cuál es tu nombre?' mean and what is its literal meaning?
'What's your name?' and 'Which is your name?'
How do you know a word is a verb?
Xing
She Xes (present)
I Xed yesterday (past)
Put these in order and group two together regarding time:
Spanish
Latin
French
Portuguese
Latin →
Spanish
French
Portuguese
What language do they speak in Egypt?
Arabic
What is the study of language as it changes through time?
diachronic
[tʰu]
two, to, too
Name three Romance languages.
Spanish
French
Italian
Catalan
Portuguese
What does 'Mucho gusto' mean and what is its literal meaning?
How do you know a word is a pronoun?
It stands in for something else.
Put these in order and group two together regarding time:
Common Ancestor
Plants
Reptiles
Bacteria
Mammals
Insects
Common Ancestor
Bacteria
Plants
Insects
Reptiles
Mammals
What language do they speak in China?
Mandarin
What modality is this an example of?
PIE: m'me → Latin: mē → Spanish: me
diachronic
[ðoʊ]
though
Name three Germanic languages.
English
German
Dutch
What does 'Buenos tardes' mean and what is its literal meaning?
'Good afternoon/evening' and 'good afternoons'.
What is linguistics?
The scientific study of language.
Put these in order and group two together regarding time:
Common Ancestor
Reptiles
Insects
Bacteria
Fish
Fungi
Common Ancestor
Bacteria
Fungi
Insects
Fish
Reptiles
What languages do they speak in Canada?
English and French
What is the English word?
PIE: hōws
Greek: ous
Latin: auris
German: Ohr
ear
What UCW Staff member is this?
[t͡ʃɪɹt͡ʃhəl]
Churchhill
What day of the week contains the name of the sky god of the Proto-Indo-Europeans?
Tuesday
What does 'Cómo te llamas?' mean and what is its literal meaning?
'What's your name?' and 'How do you call yourself?'
Why do some children and some people struggle with sounds like [r] and [s]?
[r] and [s] evolved recently and children reenact evolutionary history in development
Put these in order and group two together regarding time:
Somali
Egyptian
Arabic
Proto-Afroasiatic
Hebrew
Egyptian Arabic
Proto-Afroasiatic
Hebrew
Egyptian
Somali
Arabic
Egyptian Arabic
What language do they speak in Holland/The Neatherlands?
Dutch