History of English Language MCQ Multiple Choice Questions

Q: 33. What was said to be the theory that came from automatic human responses to pain, fear, surprise, laugh etc

Correct Answer is: Bow-wow Theory

Q: 37. Which theory holds that man?s earliest speech was produced by an attempt to imitate the sounds of creatures or objects he was referring?

Correct Answer is: Gesture theory

Q: 38. Which theory of language origin is developed by Wilhelm Wundt and Sir Richard Paget?

Correct Answer is: Onomatopoeia

31. We must realize that language is

Static
Fixed
Unvarying
Evolutionary

32. What is the other name for Primitive Germanic?

Esperanto
Teutonic
Italic
Gothic

33. What was said to be the theory that came from automatic human responses to pain, fear, surprise, laugh etc

Ding-dong Theory
Pooh-Pooh Theory
The Ta-ta Theory
Bow-wow Theory

34. Which dialect attained prominence during the middle English period

West Saxon
East Midland
Northern England
East Saxon

35. Which dialect became the standard of Old English?

West Saxon
Kentish
Celtic
Yorkshire

36. Which of the four dialects became the most dominant in the Old English period?

Northumbrian
Mercian
Wessex
Kentish

37. Which theory holds that man?s earliest speech was produced by an attempt to imitate the sounds of creatures or objects he was referring?

Bow wow theory
Ding dong theory
Pooh-pooh theory
Gesture theory

38. Which theory of language origin is developed by Wilhelm Wundt and Sir Richard Paget?

The pooh-pooh theory
The gesture theory
The ding-dong theory
Onomatopoeia

39. Who established the beginnings of the modern English legal system?

The Normans
The French
The Scandinavians
The Germans

40. Who was the famous Old English writer who wrote Canterbury Tales?

John Lydgate
John Wyclif
Geoffrey Chaucer
John Babour

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History of English Language MCQ Questions for Practice

31. We must realize that language is

32. What is the other name for Primitive Germanic?

33. What was said to be the theory that came from automatic human responses to pain, fear, surprise, laugh etc

34. Which dialect attained prominence during the middle English period

35. Which dialect became the standard of Old English?

36. Which of the four dialects became the most dominant in the Old English period?

37. Which theory holds that man?s earliest speech was produced by an attempt to imitate the sounds of creatures or objects he was referring?

38. Which theory of language origin is developed by Wilhelm Wundt and Sir Richard Paget?

39. Who established the beginnings of the modern English legal system?

40. Who was the famous Old English writer who wrote Canterbury Tales?

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History of English Language MCQ Multiple Choice Questions - Page 2 for Practice

History of English Language MCQ Questions for Practice

31. We must realize that language is

32. What is the other name for Primitive Germanic?

33. What was said to be the theory that came from automatic human responses to pain, fear, surprise, laugh etc

34. Which dialect attained prominence during the middle English period

35. Which dialect became the standard of Old English?

36. Which of the four dialects became the most dominant in the Old English period?

37. Which theory holds that man?s earliest speech was produced by an attempt to imitate the sounds of creatures or objects he was referring?

38. Which theory of language origin is developed by Wilhelm Wundt and Sir Richard Paget?

39. Who established the beginnings of the modern English legal system?

40. Who was the famous Old English writer who wrote Canterbury Tales?

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