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Question		Answer
Number of languages in the world: start learning		about 7000
Now all languages have written form? start learning		false
What was used to make the symbols of the cuneiform language? start learning		clay
Which language used hieroglyphics? start learning		egyptian
cuneiform dates back to: start learning		2500 BC
a representative symbol, everyone uses it in similar way - conventional interpretation start learning		pictogram
When was the printing press invented? start learning		1450s
-no longer a picture - system of idea writing start learning		ideogram
When symbols represent words (system) start learning		logograms
A symbol of one entity is taken over to represent a symbol for the sound of spoken language. start learning		rebus writing
A set of symbols, each one representing the pronunciation of a syllable. start learning		syllabic writing
An ___is a set of written symbols, each one representing a single type of sound or phoneme. start learning		alphabet
historical perspective start learning		diachronic
differences within one language in different places among different groups at the same time start learning		synchronic
Great Vowel Shift start learning		1350-1600
Old English start learning		before 1100
Middle English start learning		1100-1500
is a word in another language (e.g. German) that has a similar form and is or was used with simiar meaning. start learning		cognate
The study of the relationship beetween language and the brain start learning		neurolinguistics
crucially involved in the understanding of speech. start learning		Wernicke’s area
a bundle of nerve fibres forming a crucial connection between Wernicke’s and Broca’s areas. start learning		arcuate fasciculus
an impairment (disorder) of language function due to localized brain damage that leads to difficulty in understanding and/or producing linguistic forms. start learning		Aphasia
Language comes from gods/God start learning		The divine source
Language comes from imitating natural sounds start learning		The natural sound source
the developement of human language - social context start learning		The social interaction source
manual gestures – precusor of language start learning		The tool making source
language capacity – genetically hard-wired? start learning		The genetic source

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