1. According to the article, why was writing invented?
A: It was invented as a result of the growing needs to explain things.
2. Writing is both a noun and a verb. Explain.
A: Writing as a noun refers to the thing that is written, whereas Writing as a verb refers to activity of writing.
3. Name the 4 different categories of writing systems.
these categories are logographic, syllabic, alphabetic, and featural.
4. Why are ideographic and pictographic methods NOT considered categories of writing systems?
Because Ideographic is not developed enought and Pictographic is not sufficient to represent a language.
5. Name 10 different types of writing tools and materials.
The writing tools are: stone tablets, clay tablets, wax tablets, vellum, parchment, paper, copperplate, styluses, quills, ink
6. True or False: The difference between prehistory and history is when written records were kept.
Yes, It's true.
7. Who developed the first writing system:
a. Sumerians
b. Mesopotamians
c. Hittites
d. none of these answers are correct. ( this is my answer, because the first writing were created by the egyptian. just remember the old clay tablets that have been discovered in Egypt!!)
8. Which cultural group were the only ones to develop a written language in the Americas?
It was the mayas.
9. It is possible that the Chinese language was developed:
a. c. 1500 BCE
b. c. 6000 BCE
c. c. 3200 BCE
d. none of the answers are correct.
Letter b is correct. 8,600-year-old tortoise shells have been found in China. see http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_considered_the_world%27s_oldest_writing
10. Where does the word, alphabet, originate?
The origen of the word alphabet came into Middle English from the Late Latin word Alphabetum.
11. Name 3 types of NON-linear writing systems.
one of the most famous are Braille system, morse code and Cuneiform script, Wich is a kind of pictorial representation.
12. Name 2 examples of NON-alphabetic writing systems.
they can be symbols and sounds. Here's an example.
an arrow wich can indicates a direction, and a groan wich denotes pain.
13. The alphabet helps distinguish between which 2 types of spoken sounds?
yes, thanks the international phonetic alphabet Nonwritten languages and foreign words can be apporoximated to certain sound words.
14. In English, what was The Great Vowel Shift?
The mayor difference between the pronunciation of Middle English and Modern English.
the event wich separates these periods.
15. Japanese is a complicated language not only because there a 3 different forms of the written language and there are at least 14 levels of formality, but because the spoken language originated from the Korean peninsula and the written language originated from China. English has a similar complicated history. Briefly explain the origins of the English language.
several dilects were necessary to create middle english wich now are called old english. which were brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers. therefore, many words have been contructed based on the old english root.
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