History of the Language: QUIZ 4

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1. The greatest linguistic difference between Middle English and 
   Early Modern English is in the area of...

   
   (click here) Syntax Phonology Vocabulary Punctuation

2. Thomas Wilson, Ralph Lever, and John Cheke all expressed concerns about 
   the wholesale importation of foreign words during the EME period. They were 
   correct to believe that prior to that time, English had remained purely 
   Germanic in its vocabulary. 

   
   (click here) FALSE TRUE

3. Which of the following words was not introduced by Shakespeare? 

   
   (click here) ENCYCLOPEDIA PUPPI-DOGGES OBSCENE LAUGHABLE

4. Which of the following usages does not represent the conservative 
   style of the King James (or "Authorized") Bible? 

   
   (click here) The past tense form DIGGED The third person singular present tense inflection -ETH The use of the auxiliary verb DO to ask a question HIS as the neuter possessive

5. The B in the words DEBT and DOUBT (which come into the English 
   language through French as DETTE and DOUTE) is the result of... 

   
   (click here) Dialect variation Anti-French sentiment Standardization Etymological respelling

6. The beginning of the Early Modern English Period 
   (a.k.a. the Renaissance) is often associated with  the introduction of the 
   printing press in England in...

   
   (click here) 1417 1476 1611 1776

7. An "Inkhorn Term" is... 

   
   (click here) A word disparaging of early printers A "Chaucerism" A word imported by French scribes A word borrowed from Latin or Greek to supply a deficiency in English

8. The King James Bible was the first English Bible. 

   
   (click here) TRUE FALSE

9. The GREAT VOWEL SHIFT systematically altered the pronunciation of... 

   
   (click here) English vowels English long vowels English short vowels Only words of French origin

10. Which of the following sounds did  NOT become English PHONEMES in the 
    Early Modern Period?
    

    
    (click here) The final sound in the PDE words SING, WING, DING The medial consonant sound in the words VISION, AZURE, MEASURE The initial sound of the words VIXEN, VALUE, VICTIM The vowel sound in the PDE words I, WIRE, FINE

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