This document provides an exam on linguistics covering several topics: 1. It asks questions about the basic objects of linguistic study, including language families and the story of the Tower of Babel. 2. It provides sentences to be completed about topics like the goals of linguistics and the study of language from childhood. 3. It asks for short explanations on topics such as the development of transformational linguistics and changes in language over time. 4. It provides a brief overview of the Renaissance period, noting its origins in Italy and interest in ancient manuscripts and works by figures like Shakespeare, Da Vinci, and Michelangelo.

1. LINGUISTICS FIRSE TERM EXAM
1. - Answer the following questions. ( 15 pts.)
a.- Why is it said that we rarely consider language as an object of study?
Because everyday encorenten with language are so natural and extensive ( language is always
there)
b.- Whrite one of the questions that form the basic of the linguist.s investigation of human know
ledge?
c.- What.s a language family?
It.s a group of languages that come fron a same rcat, example, Germanic family, romance
languages
d.- Give a brief explanation about the biblical story of babel
It, was a punishment for people in order to splinter the only language all mankind had in
commen
e.- Is English a romance language? Explain
No, because English comes from Germanic languages
2.- Choose the appropriate answer and complete the sentences. ( 10 pts.)
a.- All human beings have know and used language since childhood
a.- baby childhood ado lescence they were born
b.- the goal of linguistics is to describe languages and to explain
cres uncon suores know ledge
problem absewation goal understanding
c.- Linguistics is the scientific study of the language
scientific scientic com mon social
d.- Linguists are not only scholars who are concer ned with the study of language
profesors teachers sociologists scholars
e.- The eailiest records of greek interest in language relate to the manuscripts in the 5 th
century B.C.
philosophers manuscripts sophists speeches of the masters
f.- Onu of the earliest philosophical questions refers to the relation ship
between the pronunciation of a word and its meaning
meaning scrend conventional meaning natural meaning
g.- Some scholars maintained that language was basically systematic and regular
conventional natural systematic descriptive
h.- In the 18 th century European students of language were exposed to the study of Sanskrit
language
i.- Languages that are believed to share several com men characteristics belong to the same
language family
Indo – European family language family language group
Romance languages
j.- The structural linguistics pays attention to the structure pf the language

2. gramman discovery procedures syntax form structure
k.- The structural linguistics concentrated on techniques of linguistics analysis called discovery
procedures
3.- Complete and give the connect information . ( 5pts)
a.- transformational linguistics was a new approach to the study of language developed by N.
Chomsky
b.- Sociolinguistics treats the differences in language and language use conelated with
differences in social groups
c.- The language probably used by Christ and the apostles was the Aramaic
d.- From the middler ages well into the 19 th century , grammarians tendend to fashion English
upon latin models
e.- Inevitable change in verbal use in living language is a matter of habit rather than logic
4.- Explain briefly about the period called Reanisrance . ( 15 pts.)
The Renaissance
The Renaissance was a cultural movement or the revival
Of culture and art this movement was born in Italy,
It,s known as “ Golden Age”. In this movement
People were interested in the ancient manucripts , Renaissance
William skakespeare hamlet
Leonarda Da vinci – la monalisa
Michael Angel – La Pietra