Language Contact: Historical Linguistics and Language Change
Description: This quiz is designed to assess your knowledge of language contact, historical linguistics, and language change. It covers various aspects of how languages interact with each other and how they evolve over time. | |
Number of Questions: 15 | |
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Tags: language contact historical linguistics language change |
What is the term used to describe the process by which two or more languages influence each other?
Which of the following is NOT a type of language contact?
What is the term used to describe the process by which a language borrows words or phrases from another language?
What is the term used to describe the process by which two or more languages are used alternately or simultaneously by a speaker?
What is the term used to describe a simplified language that develops when two or more groups of people with different languages need to communicate?
What is the term used to describe the process by which a pidgin language develops into a full-fledged language?
Which of the following is NOT a factor that can contribute to language change?
Which of the following is an example of an internal change within a language?
Which of the following is an example of a contact-induced change in a language?
Which of the following is an example of a language that has undergone creolization?
Which of the following is an example of a language that has undergone pidginization?
Which of the following is an example of a language that has undergone code-switching?
Which of the following is an example of a language that has undergone borrowing?
Which of the following is an example of a language that has undergone language shift?
Which of the following is an example of a language that has undergone language death?