Factors Influencing Language Change
Description: This quiz is designed to assess your understanding of the various factors that influence language change. It covers concepts such as language contact, substrate influence, superstrate influence, language death, language revival, and more. | |
Number of Questions: 15 | |
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Tags: language change factors influencing language change language contact substrate influence superstrate influence language death language revival |
What is the term used to describe the influence of a language that is no longer spoken on the development of a new language?
What is the term used to describe the influence of a language that is spoken by a dominant group on a language spoken by a subordinate group?
What is the term used to describe the influence of a language that is spoken by a neighboring group on a language spoken by another group?
What is the term used to describe the process by which a language gradually ceases to be spoken?
What is the term used to describe the process by which a language that was previously moribund or extinct is brought back into use?
What is the term used to describe the process by which a group of people gradually shifts from speaking one language to speaking another language?
What is the term used to describe the process by which a language gradually changes over time?
Which of the following is an example of language contact?
Which of the following is an example of substrate influence?
Which of the following is an example of superstrate influence?
Which of the following is an example of adstrate influence?
Which of the following is an example of language death?
Which of the following is an example of language revival?
Which of the following is an example of language shift?
Which of the following is an example of language change?