Linguistics Trivia Questions
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What 9-letter word refers to the origin of a word or the study of word origins?
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etymology
What is the term for a word formed by the initial letters of a set group of words, like NOW for National Organization of Women?
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acronym
What 'herbal' name, derived from the Greek word for 'kingly,' is the Russian variant Vassily?
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basil
What nut's name originates from an Old English term meaning 'foreign nut'?
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walnut
What artistic method did Alonzo Reed & Brainerd Kellogg devise in the 1800s to visually represent the structure of a sentence?
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diagram
Which renowned scholar from M.I.T. proposed that humans have an inborn ability to learn language?
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noam chomsky
Which M.I.T. linguist asserts that humans are born with an innate understanding of the general principles of language?
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noam chomsky
What term, derived from the Turkish word 'odah' meaning room, refers to a female slave or concubine?
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odalisque
What is the most widely spoken artificial language?
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esperanto
What is the last letter in the Greek alphabet that corresponds to a letter in English which is not Z?
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omega
In which language does the term meaning 'of the city of Saluq,' from which the name of the saluki dog is derived, originate?
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arabic
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