1. What two languages did Sir William Jones notice were similar to Latin?
2. French and Italian
3. Greek and Sanskrit
4. English and Greek
5. Sanskrit and English

QUESTION 2

1. Which of these forms illustrates epenthesis?
2. slummer -> slumber
3. niht-> night
4. hring-> ring
5. brinnan-> beornan

Middle English refers to the language spoken between the years:

1500-1700

600-1110

1100-1500

before 600CE

To which branch of Indo-European does Gaelic belong?

1. Celtic
2. Italic
3. Irish
4. Germanic

The Old English verbsteorfan("to die, from any cause") is the source of the Modern English verbstarve("to die from lack of food"). What is the technical term used to describe this type of meaning change?

Pejoration

Amelioration

Broadening of meaning

Narrowing of meaning

How many language families have been identified?

10

20

7102

30

Which is NOT true about the history of English?

1. The primary source for English were Germanic languages.
2. English underwent both external and internal changes.
3. The primary source for English was Latin.
4. English borrowed many words of Latinate origin through French.

Which of the following words are likely to be from Old English?

pig

bacon

deer

venison

veal

calf

ox

beef