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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11 Old World New World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What else impacts the pronunciation of some words?
(a) Regional pronunciations
(b) Lazy speakers
(c) Southern accents
(d) Speech impediments

2. What is phonology?
(a) A fraud detector
(b) Telephone operator skills
(c) A phonograph history
(d) A sound system for a language

3. Language differences within a country are often ________________.
(a) petty
(b) political
(c) irreconcilable
(d) divisive

4. What allows a speaker to express class status?
(a) Synonyms
(b) Accents
(c) Antonyms
(d) Sentence structure

5. Who is Noam Chomsky?
(a) A British psychologist
(b) A French archaeologist
(c) A Russian writer
(d) An American linguist

Short Answer Questions

1. What is onomatopoeia?

2. English grammar rules are based on what?

3. Chapter 6 addresses the changing pronunciation of which language over time?

4. How do some linguists think that children learn their languages?

5. Words adopted into the English language already have ___________________.

(see the answer key)

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