Lingua Inglese Wiesenmayer

Whic of the following concepts refers to quantitative research?. experiences. word data. percentages. opinions.

Which of the following concepts refers to qualitative eesearch?. numerical data. narrow questions. word data. statistic.

In which part of the presentation should the presenter tell a story or an anecdote?. opening. main part. Q&A session. conclusion.

What do you have to consider when you prepare a presentation?. only your audience. only the timeline. audience, purpose of presentation, time frame. only the purpose of the presentation.

Which of the following Celtic languages have survived?. Irish, Welsh, Cornish. Irish, Scottish, Gaelic, Welsh. Scottish Gaelic, Cornish, Manx. Irish, Wlesh, Manx.

In his Ecclesiastic History of the English People Saint Bede writes that the Germanic tribes that conquered England were the______. Vikings, Saxons, and Angles. Vikings, Jutes and Saxons. Jutes, Saxons and Angles. Cornish, Vikings and Saxons.

English belongs to the _________branch of Germanic family of languages. West Germanic. South Germanic. North Germanic. East Germanic.

It may be assumed that the first Indo - European language to be spoken in England was ________. Celtic. Dutch. Viking. Danish.

From about 1000 the name Anelcyn begins to be replaced by ___________. Englisc. Engla land. Angli. Anglia.

In Old English verbs have distinctive ending for _________________. the persons, numbers, tenses and moods. the tenses only. the numbers only. the moods only.

Which of the following statements is true?. Old English is a synthetic language, while Modern English is analytic. Both Old English and Modern English are synthetic languages. Both Old English and Modern English are analytic languages. Old English is an analytic language, while Modern English is synthetic.

Old English had four main dialects: _____________. Northumbrian, Mercian, Manx and Scottish. Mercian, Cornish, Manx and Kentish. Mercian, West Saxon, Kentish and Scottish. Northumbrian, Mercian, West Saxon and Kentish.

__________ is called the period of full inflections. Central Middle English. Early Middle English. Modern English. Old English.

In Old English the nouns are inflected for four cases : ______________________. nominative, genitive, ablative and accusative. vocative, genitive, dative and accusative. nominative, genitive, dative and accusative. nominative, genitive, dative and vocative.

The period from the eight to the early eleventh century is known as the ___________. Viking Age. Norman Age. Roman Age. Modern Age.

Caedmon's Hymn was written in the _________ period. Late Middle English. Early Middle English. Central Middle English. Old English.

The words skin, stake, give and take came into English from ________________. Cornish. Scottish. Latin. Scandinavian Languages.

Widsith, The Seafarer and The Wanderer are examples of _________ poetry. Old English. Central Middle English. Early Middle English. Late Middle English.

The records of Parliament are usually in __________ until 1423. After that they are often in ______________. Latin / French. Latin / English. English / French. French / English.

In the period before the loss of Normandy there were fewer people who spoke ___________ and more who spoke __________. only English / only French. only English / only Latin. only French / only English. English and Franch / Latin.

The Norman Conquest occurred in _____________. 1066. 1166. 1666. 1016.

The "Statute of Pleading" stated that all lawsuits were to be conducted in _________. French. Danish. Latin. English.

In the Middle English period the Old English sentence word-orderr changed into ________________. VSO. SOV. SVO. OSV.

In the fourteenth century ____________ all over England. all strong verbs became weak. -en became the standard plural ending in nouns. -s became the standard plural ending in nouns. all weak verbs became strong.

The Old English writing system was still in use in the ________________ subperiod. Modern Middle English. Late Middle English. Early Middle English. Central Middel English.

In the Middle English period the dialect of ______________ became the prestige dialect and the written standard for all formal English. Normandy. Cambridge. the clergy. London.

The period from 1250 to 1350 is called ___________. The Period of Imitation. The Period of Great Individual Writers. The Period of Religious and Secular Literature in English. The Period of Transition.

The language _____________was the basis of Standard English in the Middle English Period. of the merchants. of the clergy. of the documents. of Chaucer.

Troilus and Criseyde was written by_________. Jonh Wycliffe. Geoffrey Chaucer. William Langland. Saint Bede.

The Great Vowel Shift refers to a sound change that affected the pronunciation of____________. Middle English long vowels. Old English long vowels. Old English short vowels. all vowels of the Middle English period.

Progress, surpass, ticket and tomato were brought into English from _____________. Arabic. French. Turkish. Spanish.

During the Great Vowel Shift the vowels ________________: [e:] and [o:] became [i:] and [u:]. [e:] and [a:] became [ao:]. [i:] and [u:] became [e:] and [o:]. [] and [] became [].

The Great Vowel Shift refers to changes that affected __________: Vocabulary. Spelling. Pronunciation. Verb tenses.

Inkhorn terms were__________. widely used in the thirteenth century. coined from French. borrowed from vaious disciplines. were invented by purists.

Double comparatives or superlatives, such as more larger or most boldest, ____________________. were typically used in the Old English period. were frequent in Shakespeare's language. are still used in standard English. were not used by Shakespeare's contemporaries.

The present form of the personal pronouns was established in the ____________. sixteenth century. twenieth. fourteenth century. nineteenth.

The pronoun____________ in the sixteenth century. Who came inte usa as a relative pronoun. thou was the singular of thee. which did not exist. thy was used in court circles.

In the beginnin of the modern period ____________________. has been if often used instead of is. all interrogative were formed with an auxiliary. many verbs developed weak forms. the progressive form was widely used.

In Shakespeare's language ________________ of third person singular verbs. - eth was the only ending. - 'd was the only ending. -s was the only ending. both -s and -eth were used as the ending.

In Johnson's dictonary the word sok is defined as follows : ____________________________. something between the foot and shoes. a piece of clothing that covers your foot. a garment for the foot. a covering for the foot.

In his Proposal Swift wrote about ________________. the imperfections of Johnson's dictionary. his opposition to an academy. the need to use more fashionable words. the imperfections of contemporary language.

In the eighteenth century the word ascerainment referred to ________________ the English language. the need for standardization and regulation of. the tendency to shorten the words of. the abolishment of grammatical rules of. the need to introduce foreign words into.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language was published in ____________________. 1785. 1877. 1855. 1755.

A "Proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue" was sritten by _______________________. Samuel Johnson. Noah Webster. the Lord Treasurer of England. Jonathan Swift.

The word "coleslaw" came into American English from ______________. Spanish. Dutch. German. French.

Whic of the following words is NOT used in the USA?. cookies. elevator. autumn. French fries.

Whic of the following words reflects the American English spelling?. favourite. centre. traveling. color.

Moose, raccoon, and skunk are _____________________. plants. animals. verbs. foods.

Which of the following words does NOT come from Native Americans. papoose. wigwam. moccasin. bayou.

The American conterpart of the British autumn is ______________________________. fall. anthem. season. dawns.

The use of gotten in place of got as the past participle ________________________. never existed in British English. is a feature of American English. is a feauture of contemporary British English. never existed in American English.