CA w1 review

What is linguistic (genetic) classification?

• • Grouping languages based on their geographical regions

• Grouping languages based on structural similarities

• Grouping languages based on their historical and evolutionary origins

• Grouping languages based on the number of speakers

What is areal classification in linguistics?

• Grouping languages based on common ancestry

• Grouping languages based on typological features

• Grouping languages based on geographical proximity and shared features

• Grouping languages based on the number of speakers

Languages in a linguistic area necessarily belong to the same language family.

• True

• False

What is typological classification in linguistics?

• Classification of languages based on geographical proximity

• Classification of languages based on their structural or grammatical features

• Classification of languages based on their age

• Classification of languages based on the number of speakers

Which of the following is an example of an analytic language?

• Mandarin Chinese

• Finnish

• Russian

• Swahili

What typological classification would a language with extensive inflectional morphology (e.g., case endings, verb conjugations) fall under?

• Analytic

• • Isolating

• Synthetic

• Polysynthetic

Which type of language relies heavily on affixation to indicate grammatical relations and often combines multiple morphemes within a single word?

• Agglutinative

• Isolating

• Analytic

• Fusional

Two languages from the same linguistic area (Sprachbund) must also be typologically similar

• True

• False

What type of typological structure does English have, considering its tendency to use word order and auxiliary verbs over inflection?

• Agglutinative

• Analytic

• Synthetic

• Polysynthetic

What is the primary goal of comparing languages in linguistics?

• To establish which language is superior

• To understand similarities and differences, and uncover patterns in language structure and development

• To determine the number of speakers of each language

• To create a universal language