LING 270 Review 1

What theory best describes how written language first developed?

• Token Theory

• Pictographic Theory

• Pictogram Theory

• Abstraction Theory

What units of a language can be encoded in a single written symbol?

• 1 phoneme

• 1 morpheme

• 1 letter

• 1 syllable

• 1 word

Phonological awareness is necessary to develop which type of script?

• Syllabary

• Logography

• Alphabet

• Semasiography

Which type of script developed predominantly in the Middle East?

• Alphabet

• Abjad

• Logography

• Abugida

• Syllabary

Which type of script developed predominantly in Southeast Asia?

• Alphabet

• Abjad

• Logography

• Abugida

• Syllabary

A syllabary needs a character for every possible syllable in the langauge

• True

• False

All languages encode phonology to some degree in their writing systems

• True

• False

Give an example of an Abjad

Give an example of an Abugida

Give an example of an Alphabet