The language brought to North America by the British explorers in the seventeenth century
A. Old English.
B. Middle English.
C. Modem English.
D. Contemporary English.
"Corpse" originally meant the human body. Now it means a dead body. This is a case of
A. restriction of meaning.
B. extension of meaning.
C. degeneration of meaning.
D. elevation of meaning.
Hard Times was written by
A. Thackeray.
B. Sir Walter Scott.
C. Jane Austen.
D. Charles Dickens.
______ studies the ways in which speech sounds form. systems and patterns in human languages.
A. Linguistics
B. Pragmatics
C. Phonology
D. Phonetics