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Historical Linguistics’ 1 st Assignment – for (132- 414 students)-
Dr. Faiza El Hussien
ميحرلا نمحرلا الله مسب
Majmaah University- Az– Zulfi College
English Department
Question one:
Discuss:
1. Studying historical linguistics study language change is very important contribution in many ways:
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2. it is known that Linguistics is the origin of Human language:
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Question 2
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What is Historical linguistics is about? a.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------b.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------c.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- c. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Question 3:
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Can you give an example for the changes that occurred on some words or follow a word a history:
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Be Collected on 18/12/1436
Historical Linguistics’ 1 st Assignment – for (132- 414 students)-
Dr. Faiza El Hussien
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Question 1:
What are the types of historical changes that happened on a word, give an example for each type of change:
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B: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- e.g: -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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D: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- e.g: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Question 2:
Arthrography is the change that happens in the ------------------------------------ of a word. For examples-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Question 3
With examples compare the changes in treating and using negative from old
English till now in the modern English: ---------------------------------------------------------
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Question 4:
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Be Collected on 18/12/1436
Historical Linguistics’ 1 st Assignment – for (132- 414 students)-
Dr. Faiza El Hussien
How Historical linguistics form their theory about the sound change?
And what are the types of sound changes that they come out with, give an example for each type?
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Question 5: Complete:
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To take a word from another language and use it in your own one it called ----------------------------------------- and it also,------------------------------. it is not just take a whole word from the donor language to the recipient language but they can also borrow for example ------------------,
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Question 6:
Give 4 examples for some borrowing kitchen’s items and write from where they were borrowed?
The word from where it was borrowed
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Question 7:
Historical Linguistics’ 1 st Assignment – for (132- 414 students)-
Dr. Faiza El Hussien
Mention why do some languages borrow from another language?
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Question 8:
What is the technique that used with the borrowing word, with examples: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Give an example for a loan word adapted phonology to fit the morphology is based on pronunciation (phonology)?
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Q2: How to identify that a word is loaned or borrowed? --------------------
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Q3. Discuss: knowing the phonological history of a borrowed word helps in many ways , mentioned them:
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Historical Linguistics’ 1 st Assignment – for (132- 414 students)-
Dr. Faiza El Hussien
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Q4. Give an example of an Africa and Arab’s word borrowed to English language:
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Q5. Legitimate words mean: ---------------------------------------------------------
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