The modern grammatical system had come into existence by the end of the............century.
Seventeenth
Eighteenth
Fifteenth
Sixteenth
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The modern grammatical system had come into existence by the end of the............century.
Seventeenth
Eighteenth
Fifteenth
Sixteenth
The modern day sister comes from
Norse storr
The Sanskrit sita
Old English sweostor
Norse syster
The Latin influence in Old English period was mainly due to:
Roman occupation
All of the above
The Renaissance
The Norman Conquest
The Indo-European language was spoken around the area of
The Black Sea
The Mediterranean Sea
The Baltic Sea
The Dead Sea
The four chief aspects of any language are
Grammar, Syntax, Vocabulary, and Spelling
Grammar, Spelling, Syntax, Idioms
Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, and Idioms
Spelling, Vocabulary, Pronunciation, and Grammar
The best designation given to the parent language is
Indo- European
Primitive Germanic
Aryan
Indo- Germanic
The Authorised Version/ King James Version of the Bible came out in
1611
1620
1604
1640
The Anglo Saxon belongs to the................branch of the Indo European languages.
Primitive Germanic
Romanic
Easter Sanskrit
Celtic
Renaissance reached England about the year
1500
1700
1300
1400
Primitive Germanic split ultimately into three important branches which are
Spanish, Rumanian and Portuguese
Swedish, Danish and Icelandic
Gothic, Scandinavian and West Germanic
Gothic, Celtic and Albanian
Name the two languages spoken side by side during the Middle English period.
English and Latin
English and Scandinavian
English and Norman- French
English and Celtic
Max Muller, German Philologist is associated with
Ding-Dong theory
Pooh-Pooh theory
Bow -wow theory
Gesture theory
Language is a social phenomenon
both a and b
none of the above
True Statement
False Statement
Italian words also begin to make their appearance in English, especially in connection with music and the arts during the
Renaissance
Modern period
Old English period
Middle English period
It is believed that the original Indo- European has split up into.............distinct language groups.
Seven
Eight
Five
Six
In the year..........., English replaced French as the language of the law courts.
1362
1331
1385
1372
In the year, ............., the seat of the European learning, Constantinople, fell into the hands of the Turks.
1673
1667
1643
1453
In 1453, ................., the seat of European learning fell to the Turks.
London
Athens
Rome
Constantinople
Anglo-Saxon is otherwise called as
Old English
Middle English
New English
British English
After the Norman Conquest, which language became the language of courts and government?
Norse
French
Latin
Old English