The older term used to designate the study of languages is____________?

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1. The study of relationships between two or more languages and the investigation whether the common languages have a common ancestor is called___________?

   A. Psycho linguistics
   B. Sociolinguistics
   C. Comparative linguistics
   D. None of these

   Submitted by: Abdul Sami Bhayo

2. The term ______________is used to designate words which are spelt differently but pronounced alike and which are different in meaning ?

   A. Allophones
   B. Homophones
   C. Homographs
   D. Homonyms

3. What does Gertrude Stein’s term “the Lost Generation” designate ?

   A. It refers to a group of talented American émigré writers who lived in Europe after World War I.
   B. It refers to the young generation whose coming of age was interrupted by World War I.
   C. It refers to English poets who sought refuge in New York City after World War I ended.
   D. Both A and B

4. ______________________is used to designate words pronounced differently though identically?

   A. Allophones
   B. Homophones
   C. Homographs
   D. Homonyms

5. Ann Hathaway was____________years older than Shakespeare?

   A. 7
   B. 8
   C. 9
   D. 10

6. In the 1930s, younger writers such as W. H. Auden were more __________but less ___________ than older modernists such as Eliot and Pound?

   A. popular; reverenced
   B. brash; confident
   C. radical; inventive
   D. anxious; haunting

7. In the 1930s, younger writers such as W. H. Auden were more_____________ but less __________than older modernists such as Eliot and Pound.

   A. popular; reverenced
   B. brash; confident
   C. radical; inventive
   D. anxious; haunting

8. A person who can use two languages is called ________________________?

   A. Biolingual
   B. Bilingual
   C. Duo__lingual
   D. Duo__langual

9. ______________refers to an individual’s equal and native command of two or more languages?

   A. Bilingualism
   B. Poly__glotism
   C. Multilingualism
   D. None of the above

10. John Milton was fluent in which of the following languages ?

    A. Latin, Greek, and Hebrew
    B. Latin, Sanskrit, and Aramaic
    C. Latin, Arabic, and Spanish
    D. Mandarin, Dutch, and French