Comp Review One
Across
- 5. the term for a Chinese “dialect”
- 8. the _____________ invasion in 1066CE brought many Latin roots into English through French
- 10. two dialects become two languages when they are no longer mutually
- 13. Spanish has many words derived from this language because the Moorish occupation of Spain by the Umayyad Califate
- 17. the logographic writing system of all Chinese
- 18. newton as a unit of measure of force, named for Sir Isaac Newton is what type of neologism
- 20. comp. for comprehensive is what type of neologism
- 21. languages which have this use forms of the words to determine use in a sentence
- 23. a word that shares a root with similar spelling and related many across several languages
- 25. a prefix or suffix in a type of _________
- 26. the Germanic language that most influenced French
- 28. the Language family to which French and Spanish belong
- 29. “slowly up stairs” in the phrase “walked slowly upstairs”
Down
- 1. the feature of language unique to humans
- 2. language _____________ is when feature(s) of one language affect(s) learning or use of another language.
- 3. one of Hockett’s design features that where communication is about a different place and/or time
- 4. the manner in which young children pick up the language that they are surrounded by
- 6. bromance is a what type of neologism
- 7. the study of phrase and sentence structure
- 9. a building block of a word that adds some meaning
- 11. the two different hemispheres sometimes control different functions in the body.
- 12. the Language family to which English belongs
- 14. the _____________ period is window of time during which the brain is particularly sensitive to certain types of environmental stimuli
- 15. the Latin from which French and Spanish evolved
- 16. the variable a researcher manipulates in an experiment
- 19. Old Norse was their language
- 20. the largest part of the brain that handles more complex functions like thinking and voluntary movement; also processes information into your five senses.
- 22. the most significant factor in learning a second language
- 24. the part of speech that a word with the morpheme -ness at the end creates
- 27. “ran” in the phrase “ran downstairs”
- 29. _______switching is moving from one type of speech to another depending on one’s environment