http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_(language)
1. According to the article, why was writing invented?
2. Writing is both a noun and a verb. Explain.
Writing as a noun: Writing is useful for expressing ideas/Writing as a verb: They are writing a book. (the action)
3. Name the 4 different categories of writing systems.
The four categories of writing systems are: logographic, syllabic, alphabetic, and featural
4. Why are ideographic and pictographic methods NOT considered categories of writing systems?
logographic, syllabic, alphabetic, and featural
The the linguists argued that the idiographic and pictographic methods are not thought to be able to express all that can be communicated by language because Ideographic scripts represent concepts or ideas, rather than a specific word and pictographic scripts, are iconic pictures.
5. Name 10 different types of writing tools and materials.
The writing tools are: stone tablets, clay tablets, wax tablets, vellum, parchment, paper, copperplate, styluses, quills, ink.
6. True or False: The difference between prehistory and history is when written records were kept.
True
a. Sumerians
8. Which cultural group were the only ones to develop a written language in the Americas?
The American Indigenous: The Olmec, Toltec, Teotihuacano, the Zapotec, the Mixtec, the Aztec, and Maya and the Andes (Inca, Moche, Chibcha, Cañaris)
9. It is possible that the Chinese language was developed:
a. c. 1500 BCE
10. Where does the word, alphabet, originate?
The origen of the word alphabet came into Middle English from the Late Latin word Alphabetum, origineted in the Ancient Greek. Alphabetos from alpha and beta the first two letters of the Greek alphabet.
11. Name 3 types of NON-linear writing systems.
Non-linear writing systems are: Braille sistem , fingerspelling and Morse code.
12. Name 2 examples of NON-alphabetic writing systems.
Example: A red octagon symbol stand for "stop" / the phonetic simbols.
13. The alphabet helps distinguish between which 2 types of spoken sounds?
There two types of spoken sounds that the alphabet helps distingush are: Phonemes, intonation and the separation of words and syllables.
14. In English, what was The Great Vowel Shift?
The mayor difference between the pronunciation of Middle English and Modern English. The Great Vowel Shift is an historical event because it separed Middle and Modern English.
15. Japanese is a complicated language not only because there a 3 different forms of the written language and there are at least 14 levels of formality, but because the spoken language originated from the Korean peninsula and the written language originated from China. English has a similar complicated history. Briefly explain the origins of the English language.
Middle English was originated from several dialects, which were brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers. The language was heavily influenced by Viking invaders. After the Norman conquest, Old English developed into Middle English, borrowing heavily from the Norman (Anglo-French) vocabulary and spelling conventions. Modern English developed from there and continues to adopt foreign words from a variety of languages, as well as coining new words. Many english words, especially technical words, have been constructed based on roots from Latin and ancient Greek.
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