Quiz 8 (@+ = correct)


A language which conveys the entire meaning of a sentence using a verb stem with many affixes attached is an:

@-isolating language

@-inflecting language

@+agglutinating language

@-extinct language


Approximately how many different languages are currently spoken on Earth?

@-200

@-800

@-1500

@+over 6000


Which of the following is NOT a type of language universal?

@-absolute

@+referential

@-implicational

@-statistical


Which of the following statements is most true?

@-Objects come before subjects in most languages.

@+No language forms questions by reversing the order of all the words in a sentence.

@-English is a topic prominent language.

@-Isolating languages generally use free word order, whereas inflectional and agglutinating languages generally use fixed word order.


Which of the following explains how the words of a language change?

@-New words are made up to label new objects.

@-Words change in meaning.

@-New words are borrowed from other languages.

@+all of the above

@-only a and c