3.4 Diffuion And Their Historical Casues Flashcards
Example of contagious diffusion
Agricultural innovations
Example of hierarchical diffusion
Fashion trends that might skip you unless your in the network
Example of stimulus diffusion
Ketchup from north to Central America (different ingredients)
Absorbing barriers
Barriers that completely halt diffusion
Permeable barriers
Disuse partially or in a weakened state
Pidgin
Trade language, 2 or more languages combined, finding common ground
Creole
When a pidgin is explained and turned into an official la gauge
Creolization
The act of a combined official langauge
Lingua francs
A language mutually spoken across a wide area to communicate
Bilingualism
The ability to speak more than two languages - fluency levels fluctuate
Empire
A political entity that seeks to expand their power beyond origin
Imperialism
Motivation to control more amounts of territory, more civil
Colonialism
Forcefully controlling a foreign place, colony
Genocide
Killing members of a different racial, ethnic, or linguistic group