Jeopardy
Parts of
Speech
Spread of
Language
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ProtoLanguages
Misc.
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Misc. 2
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Final Jeopardy
$100 Question from H1
The Dyen list is…
$100 Answer from H1
A list of ProtoIndo European
cognates
$200 Question from H1
The vocabulary of
a given language
is it’s…
$200 Answer from H1
lexicon
$300 Question from H1
Groups of words
with similar
meanings are…
$300 Answer from H1
morphemes
$400 Question from H1
Morphs that belong to
different languages but
have similar sounds and
meanings
$400 Answer from H1
cognates
$500 Question from H1
Which of the following is not a
characteristic of language:
1) it is symbolic
2) it is referent
3) it is based on universal
phonology
4) it is arbitrary in meaning
$100 Question from H2
The spread of the
Arabic language has
coincided with…
$100 Answer from H2
The rise and
spread of Islam
$200 Question from H2
A speech sound in
a language is a…
$200 Answer from H2
phone
$300 Question from H2
The primary
function of
language is
$300 Answer from H2
communication
$500 Question from H2
The ways in which words
are arranged to form
phases and sentences is…
$500 Answer from H2
syntax
$100 Question from H3
A hypothesized ancestral
language from which two
or more languages seem
to have been derived
$100 Answer from H3
proto-language
$300 Question from H3
English is a
___________language
$300 Answer from H3
Germanic
$400 Question from H3
The majority of the
languages spoken in
the world today
are…
$400 Answer from H3
Indo-European
$500 Question from H3
Which of the following pairs have
most heavily influenced modern
English:
1) Greek and Spanish
2) Native American and Latin
3) French and Indian
4) Latin and French
$500 Answer from H3
4
$100 Question from H4
When linguists refer
to a morph they
mean…
$100 Answer from H4
smallest unit in a
language with
meaning
$500 Question from H4
Myths, legends, folktales,
riddles, proverbs, and
superstitions make up a
societies…
$500 Answer from H4
folklore
$200 Question from H5
The Rosetta Stone
allowed for the
translation of…
$200 Answer from H5
Hieroglyphs
$500 Question from H5
Modern Standard
Arabic is an
example of
$500 Answer from H5
language planning
Lightning Round
A sound or set of sounds that make a
difference in meaning in a
particular language is called a:
1. phone
2. phoneme
3. morph
4. morpheme
Lightning Round
Scars, tattoos, branding, and
piercing are all types of:
1. temporary adornment
2. body decoration
3. permanent adornment
4. symmetry
Lightning Round
Which of the following is not a
characteristic of art:
1. it is an attempt by an individual to
express or communicate feelings
2. societies vary in their characteristics
and style it has culturally patterned
meaning
3. it is usually produced with
indifference
Final Jeopardy
What is your favorite piece of
art? What meaning does it
convey and how does it convey
that meaning? What can we
learn about society from this
piece?
Final Jeopardy Answer
Who is Tolstoy?
(The book is
Kingdom of God)