Language Change Processes

1.

Fill in the Blank

1 min

5 pts

_________ change is change that is related to the sounds and pronunciation of words.

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

6 pts

The word 'sky' was a loan word from _____

Old French

Old English

Old Man

Old Norse

3.

Fill in the Blank

1 min

5 pts

When a word is newly created in order to refer to something previously unlabelled, it is know as a n_________

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

7 pts

The pronunciation of vowel sound in 'bite' during the Middle English period would have been that of the modern pronunciation of...

coin

bite

bought

beet

5.

Fill in the Blank

1 min

6 pts

__________ Change has to do with the spelling and the letters used.

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

5 pts

What prestigious language was thought to be the source of words like 'debt' and 'doubt' and resulted in Renaissance Scribes inserting a 'b' into the spelling of words?

Old French

Old Norse

Latin

Greek

7.

Fill in the Blank

1 min

5 pts

Lexical change is a ______ process than grammatical change

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

3 pts

How many variant spellings were noted of the word 'night' in the 13th Century?

10

60

6

10000

9.

Fill in the Blank

30 sec

10 pts

When a noun like 'microwave' is then used as a verb 'to microwave' the type of grammatical change that has taken place is otherwise known as a _________

10.

Multiple Select

45 sec

10 pts

Which of these are examples of semantic change - you have to get them all correct for the points!

conversion

narrowing

amelioration

pejoration

broadening

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

5 pts

'Meat' shifting its meaning from referring to all foodstuff to just flesh is known as....

Narrowing

Broadening

Pejoration

Lexical change

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

5 pts

When a word takes on a more negative connotation, this is known as....

wrong

sensitivisation

amelioration

pejoration

13.

Multiple Select

45 sec

10 pts

Which of these are true about what CAN happen to a word when it enters another language?

Its spelling could change

Its pronunciation might change

Its meaning might change

It loses its meaning entirely

14.

Fill in the Blank

30 sec

5 pts

What name is given to the event at the end of the Middle English period that affected pronunciation?

15.

Fill in the Blank

30 sec

5 pts

Name a type of semantic change

16.

Draw

3 mins

2 pts

Draw the letter <eth> in either case

17.

Draw

3 mins

4 pts

write a verb with an archaic 3rd person morphology

18.

Open Ended

5 mins

15 pts

What types of semantic change are there? Write a short paragraph to show your understanding...

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