Language classification

Question 1

Areal classification

Answer 1

Languages used by neighbouring communities, although not being genetically related, sometimes influence each other

Question 2

Genetic classification

Answer 2

Languages that developed from single “parent” language - belong to the same LANGUAGE FAMILY

Question 3

Typological classification

Answer 3

Based on similarities in LEXICAL, SYNTATIC, PHONOLOGICAL and MORPHOLOGICAL language traits

Question 4

Typological classification: LEXICAL TYPOLOGY

Answer 4

lexical differences that express meaning of word EXPLICITLY -> EXPLICIT TYPE
those, in which the basic semantic components are expressed by word-formation morphemes -> CONDENSED TYPE

Question 5

Typological classification: SYNTATIC TYPOLOGY

Answer 5

Characterises language according to their typical sentence patterns.
ENGLISH - SVO type
WELSH - VSO type

Question 6

Typological classification: PHONOLOGICAL TYPOLOGY

Answer 6

Divides languages into:
CONSONANTIC (consonants prevail)
VOCALIC (vowels prevail)

Question 7

Typological classification: MORPHOLOGICAL TYPOLOGY

Answer 7

According to classification based on morphological structure:
ANALYTIC (Chinese, English)
SYNTHETIC
-Introflectional
-Agglutinative
-Polysynthetic

Question 8

Introflectional

Answer 8

Change is made inside a word
e.g. Man -> Men

Question 9

Agglutinative

Answer 9

Puts individual morphemes together
e.g. Faith-Ful-Ness

Question 10

Polysynthetic

Answer 10

Complex word forms function as sentences

Question 11

Agglutination

Answer 11

faith-ful-ness
Individual morphemes are “glued” together

Question 12

Reduplication

Answer 12

type of polysynthesis where fr example plural can be expressed by duplicating a word
e.g. orang = person, orang-orang = people