LING 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Palatine Uvula, Rivet, Vocal Tract
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Ling 101 final exam outline - fall 2013. Tuesday december 10th -- 7:00 pm @ src c. Below is a rough outline of the final exam, by topic. Each question is worth 1 point, unless otherwise indicated. Exact point distribution and order may change during editing, but this is a good rough guide to what"s on the exam: language vs. family vs. dialect (concepts) Family - group of languages sharing single common ancestor. Dialects - varieties of a language that are mutually intelligible. Two languages are separate languages when they are mutually unintelligible: prescriptive vs. descriptive grammar (concepts) Prescriptive statements make judgements based on no or weak evidence. Descriptive statements describe without judgement, examines change of rules: goals and principles of the ipa. Standards for all sounds: language families for english, german, halq"emeylem, medumba, chipewyan,greek, and. Afro-asiatic - arabic: historical changes that differentiated germanic branch from older ie.
