1. Which of the following is NOT a West Germanic language?
Yiddish
Afrikaans
Frisian
High German
Gothic
2. One of the following pairs illustrates the workings of Verner's Law. Which one is it?
plate/flat?gelatin/cool
freeze/frozen
was/were
tooth/dental
3. Which of the following grammatical cases is NOT represented in Old English?
accusative
nominative
instrumental
ablative
genitive
dative
4. Old English case endings apply to:
nouns, adjectives, pronouns, verbs
nouns, verbs
nouns, adjectives, pronouns
nouns, pronouns
nouns, adjectives
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Thank you for using the Jiskha Homework Help Forum. What you need is a search engine. For example, if you enter "west Germanic languages" you will find:
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Germanic_languages
2. http://softrat.home.mindspring.com/germanic.html
3. http://softrat.home.mindspring.com/germanic.html (marvelous tree of the Germanic languages)
For Verner's Law:
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verner's_law
2. http://www.cord.edu/faculty/sprunger/e315/grimm.htm
For Old English:
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English_language
2. http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/ballc/oe/old_english.html
3. (Broken Link Removed)
This is what we mean by we HELP, but we do not DO your work for you!
Thank you for using the Jiskha Homework Help Forum. What you need is a search engine. For example, if you enter "west Germanic languages" you will find:
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Germanic_languages
2. http://softrat.home.mindspring.com/germanic.html
3. http://softrat.home.mindspring.com/germanic.html (marvelous tree of the Germanic languages)
For Verner's Law:
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verner's_law
2. http://www.cord.edu/faculty/sprunger/e315/grimm.htm
For Old English:
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English_language
2. http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/ballc/oe/old_english.html
3. (Broken Link Removed)
This is what we mean by we HELP, but we do not DO your work for you!
To find the answer to question 1, you can search for "West Germanic languages" using a search engine. This will lead you to sources like Wikipedia where you can find a list of West Germanic languages. By comparing the options given in the question to the list, you can determine which one is NOT a West Germanic language.
To find the answer to question 2, you can search for "Verner's Law" using a search engine. This will lead you to sources like Wikipedia where you can learn about the law and how it works. From there, you can compare the given pairs and identify which one illustrates the workings of Verner's Law.
To find the answer to question 3, you can search for "grammatical cases in Old English" using a search engine. This will lead you to sources like Wikipedia or language learning websites where you can find information about the grammatical cases used in Old English. By comparing the options given in the question to the information you find, you can identify which grammatical case is not represented in Old English.
To find the answer to question 4, you can search for "Old English case endings" using a search engine. This will lead you to sources like Wikipedia or language learning websites where you can find information about the case endings used in Old English. By comparing the options given in the question to the information you find, you can determine which type of words the Old English case endings apply to.