HistEng Ch. 1

HistEng Ch. 1

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HistEng Ch. 1

HistEng Ch. 1

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of these belongs to the internal history of the English language?

the invention of printing

the colonisation of North America

both

neither

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of change does the following example illustrate? queen ('woman' > 'female monarch')

syntactic

morphological

phonological

semantic

lexical

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of change does the following example illustrate? I know that the boy the dog found > I know that the boy found the dog

syntactic

morphological

phonological

semantic

lexical

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of change does the following example illustrate? (thou) comest > (you) come

syntactic

morphological

phonological

semantic

lexical

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What word-formation process was used to produce the word to edit?

affixation

clipping

back-formation

acronym formation

compounding

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What word-formation process was used to produce the word laser?

affixation

clipping

back-formation

acronym formation

compounding