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Question: What is regional variation in language?
Answer: Regional variation in language refers to the differences in language usage and dialects across different regions or areas.
Question: What is a dialect?
Answer: A dialect is a variety of a language that is spoken by a particular group of people in a specific geographic region.
Question: What is a accent?
Answer: An accent refers to the way in which a person pronounces words or phrases, which can vary depending on their geographic region, social class, or other factors.
Question: What is a sociolect?
Answer: A sociolect is a variety of language that is associated with a particular social group or class, such as a particular profession, age group, or ethnic group.
Question: What is a idiolect?
Answer: An idiolect is the unique way in which an individual speaks or uses language, which can be influenced by their personal experiences, education, and other factors.
Question: What is dialect leveling?
Answer: Dialect leveling refers to the process by which dialects of a language become more similar to each other over time, often as a result of increased mobility and communication between different regions.
Question: What is dialect continuum?
Answer: A dialect continuum is a range of dialects that are spoken across a geographic region, where each dialect is similar to the ones on either side of it but may differ significantly from those at the opposite end of the continuum.
Question: What is a linguistic atlas?
Answer: A linguistic atlas is a collection of maps that show the distribution of different dialects and language features across a geographic region.
Question: What is language planning?
Answer: Language planning is the deliberate effort to influence the use and development of a language, often by a government or other authority.
Question: What is language standardization?
Answer: Language standardization refers to the process of establishing a set of norms and rules for a language, often with the goal of creating a standardized form of the language that is used for official purposes.
Question: What is prescriptive grammar?
Answer: Prescriptive grammar refers to a set of rules and norms for language usage that are based on traditional or perceived standards of correctness, often taught in schools and other educational institutions.
Question: What is descriptive grammar?
Answer: Descriptive grammar refers to the scientific study of how language is actually used in different contexts and by different speakers, rather than prescribing rules for language usage.
Question: What is a linguistic variable?
Answer: A linguistic variable is a language feature that can vary across different dialects or varieties of a language, such as vowel pronunciation or word choice.
Question: What is a isogloss?
Answer: An isogloss is a geographic boundary that marks the limit of a particular linguistic feature, such as a dialect or pronunciation.
Question: What is a language boundary?
Answer: A language boundary is a geographic or political border that marks the separation between two or more languages.
Question: What is a pidgin?
Answer: A pidgin is a simplified language that develops as a means of communication between speakers of different languages who do not share a common language.
Question: What is a creole?
Answer: A creole is a fully developed language that has evolved from a pidgin through the process of creolization. It has its own unique grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation and is typically used as a first language by a group of speakers.
Question: What is a lingua franca?
Answer: A lingua franca is a language that is used as a common means of communication between speakers of different languages, often in a particular region or context.
Question: What is a koine?
Answer: A koine is a variety of a language that arises as a result of dialect leveling and becomes a standard form of the language used across a wider geographic region.
Question: What is a regionalism?
Answer: A regionalism is a language feature or word that is specific to a particular geographic region and may not be understood or used by speakers from other regions.
Question: What is language ideology?
Answer: Language ideology refers to the beliefs and attitudes that people hold about language and its use, often influenced by social, political, and historical factors.
Question: What is language stigmatization?
Answer: Language stigmatization refers to the negative attitudes and stereotypes that are associated with certain dialects or varieties of a language, often resulting in discrimination against speakers of those dialects or varieties.
Question: What is linguistic profiling?
Answer: Linguistic profiling refers to the practice of using language as a basis for making assumptions about a person’s social status, education, or other characteristics.
Question: What is a speech community?
Answer: A speech community is a group of people who share a common language and interact with each other on a regular basis.
Question: What is a diglossia?
Answer: Diglossia is a situation where two varieties of a language are used in different contexts, with one variety used for formal or official purposes, and the other used in informal or daily communication.
Question: What is a language shift?
Answer: Language shift refers to the process by which a community of speakers gradually abandons their native language in favor of another language, often due to social, political, or economic pressures.
Question: What is a language minority?
Answer: A language minority is a group of people who speak a language that is not widely spoken in the region where they live, and who may face discrimination or other challenges as a result.
Question: What is a language majority?
Answer: A language majority is a group of people who speak the dominant language in the region where they live, and who hold social, political, and economic power as a result.
Question: What is language maintenance?
Answer: Language maintenance refers to the efforts to preserve and promote the use of a language, often by a language minority group.
Question: What is language revitalization?
Answer: Language revitalization refers to the process of reviving a language that is in danger of dying out. This can involve efforts to teach the language to young people, promote its use in the community, and create new speakers of the language.
Question: What is linguistic purism?
Answer: Linguistic purism refers to the belief that a language should be protected from outside influences, and that certain usages or words should be considered incorrect or impure.
Question: What is linguistic relativity?
Answer: Linguistic relativity is the idea that the language we speak influences the way we perceive and think about the world around us.
Question: What is language contact?
Answer: Language contact refers to the situation where speakers of different languages come into contact and interact with each other.
Question: What is code-mixing?
Answer: Code-mixing refers to the practice of using elements from two or more languages in the same sentence or conversation. It is a common phenomenon in multilingual contexts.
