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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which of the following definitions corresponds to the term 'anthropological linguistics'?
the study of lesser-known languages through fieldwork
the field of study which is concerned with the ways in which specific societies name and classify plants
the field of study which is interested in the ways peoples or nations interact
- 2. Multiple Choice
Select the topics which anthropological linguists are interested in:
language description
language and culture
the study of language based on large collections of language use stored in corpora
comparative study of languages
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is the name of the first linguists who compiled the most detailed grammar of Sanskrit?
Plato
Aristotle
Pāṇini
Seneca
- 4. Multiple Choice
What notions are discussed in Pāṇini's grammar?
phoneme
morpheme
root
all of the above
- 5. Multiple Choice
According to the hypothesis favouring the divine source, which of the following languages was the first universal human language ?
Hebrew
Sanskrit
Latin
Greek
- 6. Multiple Choice
What are the four basic language groups proposed by Joseph Justus Scaliger?
Romance
Slavic
Greek
Finno-Ugric
German
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which of the following scholars used biological terminology in the field of language study for the first time?
Fredrich von Schlegel
Pāṇini
Democritus
Jean Jacques Rosseau
- 8. Multiple Choice
According to Wilhelm von Humboldt, how should language be studied?
in the context of culture and the national spirit
without the context of culture and the national spirit
grammatical structures should be compared but not individual words
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