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The most dramatic morphological loss concerns the loss of ________.

A. comparative markers
B. tense markers
C. gender and case markers
D. none of the above

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In Old and Middle English, both /k/ and /n/ in the word “knight” were pronounced, but in modern English, /k/ in the sound /kn-/ clusters was not pronounced. This phenomenon is known as ________.

A. sound addition
B. sound loss
C. sound shift
D. sound movement

Historical linguistics explores _____________.

A. the nature of language change
B. the causes that lead to language change
C. the relationship between languages
D. all of the above

It takes a longer period of time for a word to be created than to be lost.

A. 对
B. 错

Language is moving towards formaility, for formal language is more elegant.

A. 对
B. 错

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