quizlett challenge

What does linguistic typology study?

• Language change over time

• The diversity of language structures

• Artificial languages

• The history of writing systems

Which of the following languages is analytic?

• Russian

• Chinese

• Hungarian

• Turkish

What is the term for a language type where words are composed of multiple morphemes?

• Isolating

• Agglutinative

• Incorporating

• Fusional

Which characteristic is typical of fusional languages?

• One-to-one correspondence of grammatical markers

• Simplified sentence structures

• Complex word formation with morpheme fusion

• Complete absence of inflection

What is the primary feature of isolating languages?

• Extensive use of inflection

• Polysynthetic sentence construction

• Elaborate case systems

• Words consist of a single morpheme

Which of the following is an example of a polysynthetic language?

• Japanese

• Navajo

• English

• French

What term describes the use of case endings to mark grammatical relations?

• Agglutination

• Inflection

• Isolating structure

• Syntactic alignment

What is a characteristic of agglutinative languages?

• Fusion of morphemes with multiple meanings

• Lack of inflectional morphology

• One morpheme expresses one grammatical function

• Free word order

Which language family is known for predominantly isolating languages?

• Indo-European

• Sino-Tibetan

• Uralic

• Afro-Asiatic

In linguistic typology, which term refers to word order?

• Morphosyntax

• Phonology

• Syntax

• Semantics