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Syntactic Typology

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for a language that has a relatively small number of grammatical morphemes and relies heavily on word order to convey grammatical information?

  1. Analytic language
  2. Synthetic language
  3. Polysynthetic language
  4. Agglutinative language
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for a language that has a large number of grammatical morphemes that are attached to words to convey grammatical information?

  1. Analytic language
  2. Synthetic language
  3. Polysynthetic language
  4. Agglutinative language
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for a language that has a very large number of grammatical morphemes that are attached to words to convey grammatical information?

  1. Analytic language
  2. Synthetic language
  3. Polysynthetic language
  4. Agglutinative language
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for a language that has grammatical morphemes that are attached to words in a regular and orderly way?

  1. Analytic language
  2. Synthetic language
  3. Polysynthetic language
  4. Agglutinative language
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for a language that has grammatical morphemes that can be attached to words in a variety of different ways?

  1. Analytic language
  2. Synthetic language
  3. Polysynthetic language
  4. Non-configurational language
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for a language that has a relatively free word order?

  1. Analytic language
  2. Synthetic language
  3. Polysynthetic language
  4. Free word order language
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for a language that has a relatively fixed word order?

  1. Analytic language
  2. Synthetic language
  3. Polysynthetic language
  4. Fixed word order language
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for a language that has a relatively large number of grammatical cases?

  1. Analytic language
  2. Synthetic language
  3. Polysynthetic language
  4. Case-marking language
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for a language that has a relatively small number of grammatical cases?

  1. Analytic language
  2. Synthetic language
  3. Polysynthetic language
  4. Non-case-marking language
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for a language that has a relatively large number of grammatical tenses?

  1. Analytic language
  2. Synthetic language
  3. Polysynthetic language
  4. Tense-marking language
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for a language that has a relatively small number of grammatical tenses?

  1. Analytic language
  2. Synthetic language
  3. Polysynthetic language
  4. Non-tense-marking language
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for a language that has a relatively large number of grammatical aspects?

  1. Analytic language
  2. Synthetic language
  3. Polysynthetic language
  4. Aspect-marking language
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for a language that has a relatively small number of grammatical aspects?

  1. Analytic language
  2. Synthetic language
  3. Polysynthetic language
  4. Non-aspect-marking language
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for a language that has a relatively large number of grammatical moods?

  1. Analytic language
  2. Synthetic language
  3. Polysynthetic language
  4. Mood-marking language
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the term for a language that has a relatively small number of grammatical moods?

  1. Analytic language
  2. Synthetic language
  3. Polysynthetic language
  4. Non-mood-marking language
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