Discussion
Arrange the concepts in their historical order in which they appeared :
(i) Lexical Diffusion
(ii) Social motivation of sound change
(iii) Neo-grammarian Hypothesis
(iv) Grimm's Law
Answer: B
The historical order is (iv) Grimm's Law, (iii) the Neogrammarian Hypothesis, (ii) the social motivation of sound change, and (i) lexical diffusion, which is option B. Grimm's Law dates from the early nineteenth century, the Neogrammarian hypothesis of exceptionless sound laws from the 1870s, Labov's work on the social motivation of change from the 1960s, and Wang's lexical diffusion from 1969.
Options A and C place the Neogrammarians before Grimm or put lexical diffusion before them, and option D simply lists the items in the printed order, which is the reverse of history for most of them. Only option B starts with the oldest concept and ends with the most recent.
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