Tests on Typology 1

Tests on Typology


1. Who said that Areal typology compares languages irrespectively of the degree of their relatedness and aims at defining general elements formed as a result of the mutual influence of languages and the cultures staying behind them?
a. V.K.Ghak
b. D.J.Buranov
c. Yu.V.Rojdestvenskiy
d. M.M.Guhman
2. What are the objects of study of Areal typology?
a. borrowings, bi-lingual features, hybrid languages, language contacts
b. dialects, centum/satem languages, compiling dialectal maps
c. sub-stratum and super-stratum languages, neologisms, archaisms d. all answers are true
3. What does Areal typology study?
a. dialects and restrictions of dissemination of separate features in the systems of related and non-related languages, theconfluence of different languages
b. dialects and restrictions of dissemination of separate features in the systems of related and non-related languages
c. dialects, centum/satem languages, compiling dialectal maps
d. sub-stratum and super-stratum languages, neologisms, archaisms
4. What does Comparative Typology deal with?
a. With distribution of linguistic phenomena in the spatial extent and interlingua (interdialectic) interaction
b. with the similarities, and differences of originally related languages
c. With the aims of identifying structural language types
d. with acomparison of languages irrespectively of their genetic or structural identity
5. What is the goal of Structural Typology?
a. To include discrete sound segments like p, n, or a, which can be defined by a finite set of sound properties or features
b. to identify structural language types
c. identifying common/similar features specific to systems of all or separate language groups
d. to identify universal features of langauges


Test yourself on Comparative Typology as a branch of General Linguistics


1. General typology combines two types of typologies... a) Lexical and Semantic b) Linguistic and non-linguistic c) Structural and Areal d) Phonetic and Phonological
2. Non-linguistic typology as a method of comparison serves in… a) Linguistics b) All sciences besides linguistics c) Literature d) General Linguistics and Literature
3. …deals with the languages which are genetically related both synchronically and diachronically a) Comparative Typology b) Areal Typology c) Genetic Typology d) Structural Typology
4. Linguistic Typology deals with … a) Language systems in comparison b) Psychology c) Mathematics d) Literature
5. According to the object of comparison Comparative Typology consists of: a) Genetic, comparative, areal, structural b) Semantic, formal c) Syntactic, structural, areal, lexical d) Phonetic, phonological, morphological, syntactic, lexical
6. Comparative method has … a) Typological investigation b) Grammatical features c) Universal features d) General features
7. Internal approach to language description deals with… a) Non-related languages b) The system of any concrete national language c) Related languages d) All langages
8. External approach to language description deals with… a) Non-related languages b) The cross-language description c) All languages d) Related langages
9. Comparative-historical linguistics is… a) Comparative-historical studies of languages in their development b) Comparative-scientific studies of languages in their development c) Content approach to comparison d) One – level approach to comparison
10. Diachronic development means the development of some linguistic phenomena from… a) From historical viewpoint b) Modern viewpoint c) Linguistic viewpoint 38 d) Grammatical viewpoint
11. The first period is named spontaneous which was over … a) In the XX century b) In the XI century c) Not long before the Renaissance d) In the XIV century
12. Division of Comparative Typology with respect to two plans of language: a) Formal, semantic b) Comparative, structural, areal, genetic c) Phonetic, phonological, morphological, syntactic, lexical d) Formal, semantic, areal, genetic
13. Port-Royal grammar is considered to be … a) Practical grammar b) Theoretical grammar c) Universal grammar d) English grammar
14. When was Port-Royal grammar written? a) 2009 b) 1660 c) 1700 d) 1669
15. What did Mahmud Kashgariy do by analyzing a group of Turkic languages a) He defined the level of their genetic relationship to each other b) He found out Language Universals c) He analyzed the lexical units of all Turkic languages d) He compared all language of the world