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In the twentieth century, linguists interested in comparing languages in a new kind of discipline in which the structures of two present-day languages were compared. This was the birth of the discipline which is now termed:

• Comparative linguistics

• Contrastive linguistics

• Comparative philology

In the nineteenth century languages were compared with a view to determining their exact genetic relationships and to reconstructing the proto-language from which the attested languages of a family derived. This branch of linguistics is called:

• Comparative linguistics

• Contrastive linguistics

• Comparative philology

__________ are words that are pronounced in the same way but have a different meaning.

A type of verb used in certain situations where the verb's action isn't necessarily factual.

• Subjunctive mood

• Indicative mood

• Verbs in infinitive

Alto es un tipo de adjetivo...

Mi mascota es muy inteligente. (Mi) hace referencia a un adjetivo...

• Demostrativo

• Indefinido

• Posesivo

• Numeral

Aquella ciudad es muy bella. (AQUELLA) hace referencia a un adjetivo...

• Calificativo

• Demostrativo

• Interrogativo

• Indefinido

The French classes are really interesting to me! (FRENCH) is an adjective classified as:

This dress is beautifuñl. (THIS) is an adjective classified as:

• Interrogative

• Limiting

• Compound

He was and intelligent, handsome man. The words (INTELLIGENT, HANDSOME) are adjectives classified as:

• Coordinate

• Determiner

• Compound