Exam 3: English Language and Linguistics

Which among the following is the contribution of Shakespeare?

Who is the author of the essay " Essay Upon Projects" that proposes an academy of 36 "gentlemen" to dictate English usage?

Identify a word that is originated from Dutch language

Name of the group of related languages all derived from vulgar Latin within historical times and forming a subgroup of the italic branch of the Indo - European language family.

Cynwulf wrote during which stage of Old English?

The Authorized Version of English Bible was published in which year?

The Firthian or Hallidayan theory may be said to represent the………..School of Linguistics

Who wrote the " Essay towards a Real character and a Philosophical Language"?

………..put forward a theory called 'Scale and Category Grammar'

Which language is the most closely related to Modern English

Identify the word that derived from Greek language

Identify the word that borrowed from Latin to English

In linguistics ………….is the study of words , how they are formed, and their relationship to other words in the same language

Identify the language that is included in Romance languages

…………..is a semantic process by a term which at one time had a specialized and restricted meaning comes to have a wider application.

Transformational-Generative Grammar was developed by……

Which language is the most closely related to Modern English?

When part of one word is combined with part of another in order to form a new word , carrying with it the ideas behind both the original terms, is known as a ……………..word

Which among is an example of Portmanteau word

Who is the author of the book "The Growth and Structure of the English Language"?