Draft:Original research/Language families/Quiz

Language families is an effort, in a lecture format, to describe the components of a language families, often as applied in linguistics.

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Quiz
{Yes or No, A language that can be shown to have evolved from the same ancestor as another language is in the same language family as the latter. + Yes - No
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{True or False, A dominant group for a language family differs from a control group in that it rules the treatment of the control group. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Evidence that demonstrates that a model or idea for a language family versus a control group is feasible is called a { proof of concept (i) }.
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{Yes or No, The scientific study of language is called linguistics. + Yes - No
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{True or False, A control group may be used for a language family to demonstrate no effect or a standard effect versus a novel effort applied to a treatment group. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Complete the text: A short or { incomplete (i) } realization of a certain { method (i) } or idea to { demonstrate (i) } a treament's feasibility for a language family is called a proof of { concept (i) }.
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{Yes or No, English is in the Maiduan family of languages. - Yes + No
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{True or False, A pure language family involves no doing apart from itself. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Complete the text: A proof-of-concept structure of a language family, including a control group, consists of { background (i) }, procedures, findings, and { interpretation (i) }.
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{True or False, The purpose of a treatment group for a language family is to describe natural processes or phenomena for the first time relative to a control group. + TRUE - FALSE
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Hypotheses

 * 1) Language families are genetically related to the local hominin populations.