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In Modern English, grammatical relations are signaled by word order and prepositions. This means that this language is. Analogical. None of the above. Analytic. Synthetic.

In Old English, grammatical relations were predominantly signaled by endings on nouns and verbs. This means that this language was: Synthetic. Analytic. Analogical. none of the above.

During the Middle English period, from which two languages were many words borrowed?. Urdu and Iroquoian. none of the above. Celtic and Old Norse. Latin and French.

Which one of the following texts was composed during the Old English period?. Othello. The Canterbury Tales. none of the above. Beowulf.

What is another name for Old English?. none of the above. Celtic. Middle English. Anglo-Saxon.

Which of the following Old English works documents the early history of England?. Boethius. none of the above. Boewulf. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.

Varieties typical for social groups are called: none of the above. Jargons. Sociolects. Dialects.

When, according to most scholars, did English start to become a global Language?. During the reign of Henry VIII. Immediately after the Norman Conquest. At the end of the 16th century, with the start of the colonisation of the West Indian and North American Colonies. In 1858, when Britain took over formal rule of India.

Which of the below is NOT a subvariety of US English spoken by a distinct ethnic/social Group?. Cockney. African American Vernacular English. Tex Mex. Pennsylvania Dutch.

What does the acronym ESL stand for?. English as a Spoken Language. English as a Second Language. English as a Scientific Language. English for Students of Literature.

Which of the below is NOT generally considered to be a danger of having a global language?. The death of lesser spoken languages. A growth of Bilingualism. Cultural and linguistic imperialism. Complacency about learning other languages.

Who were the original speakers of English?. The Angles, Saxons and Vikings. The Angles, Saxons and Celts. The Angles, Celts and Jutes. The Angles, Saxons and Jutes.

In which language family do the ultimate origins of the English language lie?. North American. Indo-European. Latin. none of the above.

The change from synthetic to analytic is a major development in the history of English. What is one of its main manifestations?. Grammatical functions are expressed by word order and prepositions rather than endings. Grammaticalization has become dominant. The expression of thought is now more analytical. Many forms are always used to express a single form.

Which of the varieties of English below is the oldest?. US English. Australian English. West Indian English. Hiberno-English.

What is meant by the abbreviation RP?. Rest in Peace. Received Pronunciation. Receive a Prize. none of the above.

Over one billion people worldwide are currently learning English: We cannot state such specific data. False. It depends on context. True.

When is the first attended usage of the phrase “inkhorn term” dated?. 1543. 1700. 1925. 1850.

Did the printing press also serve to standardize English?. none of the above. It depends on the historical period we investigate. yes. no.

The Great Vowel Shift only affected vowels of the following kind: long. high. short. low.

It is often maintained that English is used as a lingua franca? What does that mean?. A lingua franca is a language that is used as a means of communication between people who are not familiar with each other’s native language. A lingua franca is NOT a language that is used as a means of communication between people who are not familiar with each other’s native language. none of the above. A lingua franca is a language that is used as a means of communication between people who are native speakers of that langiage.

Standard English emerged in this century: 17th. 20th. 16th. 15th.

The Norman Invasion happened in this year(AD): 1010. 1066. 1262. 874.

According to you, which of the following words does NOT derive from French/Latin: Ghost. Consideration. Spirit. Reflection.

One of the following statements about Early Modern English morphology is false: Agreement on verbs almost disappears. Pronominal forms change. none of the above. Prepositions are inflected.

bed/bad is. a dipthong. a minimal pair. none of the above. a rounded sound.

A position slightly further back than alveolar, with the tip of the tongue bent or ‘curled’ backwards, is called. retroflex. none of the above. uvular. glottal.

If the change is brought about by pressures which are internal to the linguistic system, the change is. exogenous. endogenous. introgenous. none of the above.

In the USA, the compound washcloth corresponds to the British. flannel. fennel. channel. none of the above.

The UK is part of the. outer circle. none of the above. expanding circle. inner circle.

The understanding of linguistic differentiation is studied by. phonetics. sociolinguistics. pragmatics. morphology.

People need English for secondary education, politics, law, business. This is true for countries belonging to. none of the above. outer circle. expanding circle. inner circle.

The varieties of English, especially those with official status, are often referred to as: Middle Englishes. None of the above. Old Englishes. New Englishes.

How is Kachru’s model defined?. mouse model. square model. none of the above. circle model.

The various allophones constitute the. phonemic inventory. phonetic output. none of the above. none of the above.

India is part of the. expanding circle. outer circle. none of the above. inner circle.

According to you, Italy is part of the. outer circle. expanding circle. inner circle. none of the above.

ELF stands for. none of the above. English as a Lingua Franca. English as a Foreign Language. English as a First Language.

Who proposed an American Standard in 1789?. Webster. Halliday. Wordsworth. Austin.

SLA stands for. English as a Lingua Franca. none of the above. English as a Foreign Language. second language acquisition.

According to Graddol (1997), first-language speakers are. 375 million. 500 million. 750 million. none of the above.

EFL stands for. none of the above. Second Language Acquisition. English as a Lingua Franca. English as a Foreign Language.

Most people have English as first language. This is true for the countries of. outer circle. inner circle. none of the above. expanding circle.

TRAVELED is the. BE spelling. AE spelling. none of the above. IrE spelling.

People need English for communication in business, politics, education. This is true for countries belonging to. none of the above. outer circle. expanding circle. inner circle.

An intralingual process where a new word is created by adding affixes to an old one is named. derivation. clipping. hypocorism. acronym.

"The man as was driving the car" is a typical ......... feature of BE. nonstandard grammar. none of the above. extrastandard grammar. standard grammar.

Double or multiple negation (I couldn’t find none nowhere) is a .......... feature of BE. none of the above. nonstandard. standard. extrastandard.

Scots as a spoken language was used by the rural population and the working classes. True. it depends on context. None of the above. False.

Borrowings such as clan, galore ‘in abundance’ have been introduced by. None of the above. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Sir Walter Scott. Sir Winston Churchill.

The voiceless ending is a historically based Scots feature. "selt" stands for. bent. sent. None of the above. sold.

The distinctiveness of Scottish English derived from the influence of other languages, especially. Gaelic, Norwegian and Spanish. Gaelic, Norwegian, and French. German, Japanese, and Italian. None of the above.

British "courgette" comes from. Spanish. German. French. Italian.

‘A pile of stones that marks the top of a mountain or some other special place’ is in Gaelic. book. none of the above. cairn. sporran.

‘A small furry bag that hangs in front of a man’s kilt as part of traditional Scottish dress’ is in Gaelic. cairn. sporran. boko. none of the above.

Blogs and online games become typical lingua-franca situations. it depends on context. None of the above. false. true.

Welsh and Gaelic speakers, Native Americans, Australian Aborigines have switched to Gaelic. It depends on the historical moment. none of the above. TRUE. FALSE.

The model is above all the teacher’s usage. None of the above. true. It depends on the countries involved. false.

Exposure is what the English learners listen to or read. false. it depends on the countries involved. None of the above. true.

Seidlhofer (2010) recommends adopting English as an official lingua franca, but making it clear that this is exclusively British English. none of the above. false. true. It depends on the countries involved.

The Commonwealth of Nations uses English. true. It depends on the occasions. None of the above. false.

Italian is increasingly used as a corporate or company language in multinational corporations. it depends on context. false. None of the above. true.

The most obvious effect of English on other languages is borrowed lexis. false. true. None of the above. It depends on the languages involved.

English affects the code of other languages, above all their ...... phonetics. pragmatics. syntax. vocabulary.