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1. A word is _______ of a language that has a given sound and meaning and syntactic function. A. a minimal free form B. a smallest meaningful unit C. an element which can not be further analyzed D. a grammatically minimal form 2. Which of the following statements is Not correct? A. A word can be formed by two free morphemes B. A word can be formed by a free morpheme and a bound morpheme C. A word can be formed by two bound morphemes D. A word can be formed by any two affixes. 3. The symbolic connection of a word to a particular thing is almost always _______________. A. logical B. arbitrary C. inherent D. automatic 4. In different languages, the same concepts can be represented by different sounds, which shows __________. A. the relationship between sound and meaning can not be established. B. there are different logical relations between sound and meaning C. the relation between sound and meaning is a matter of convention D. the concepts are not really the same 5. The pronunciation of a language has changed more ______ than spelling over the years. A.systematically B. arbitrarily C. logically D. rapidly 1. The Indo-European language family consists of________. A. all the languages in Europe and India B. all the languages in India and some languages in Europe. C. most of the languages of Europe, the Near East, and India. D. Some of the languages of Europe and all the languages of the Near East 2. The prehistoric Indo-European parent language is thought to be ______. A. A highly inflected language. B. A highly developed language. C. A very difficult language. D. A language of leveled endings. 3. The Eastern set of Indo-European language family includes such languages as _____. A. Polish, Welsh and Hindi