5.2 And 5.4 Flashcards

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German invasion

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Angles, jutes and saxons conquered the British isles.

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2
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Norman invasion

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They spoke French and invaded England

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3
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Diffusion of English and major way of it spreading

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People in England migrated from west to north, the Internet is a major way of English spreading

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4
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Lingua franca

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Language of international communication, a common language that people use

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5
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Logograms

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How Chinese is written

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6
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Vulgar Latin

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The Latin that people learned in the provinces, that is not originally how it is spoken

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7
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2 theories on how language spread

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Nomadic warrior and sedentary farmer

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8
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Language family, and the largest one and second largest

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Similar source of common sounds, Indo European then sino tibeton

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9
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Language branch

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Collection of common sounds

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10
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Centripetal

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To pull or unify

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11
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Centrifugal

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Fractures

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12
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Pidgin

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Fusion or meshing together of a collaziners language and native

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13
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Creole

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Been around longer, expanded

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14
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Dialect

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How words are pronounced

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15
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Isogloss

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A barrier between different languages

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16
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Endangered languages, and patterns

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A language that kids are not learning anymore, only old people speak it

17
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Isolated language, and example

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A language that is unrelated to any other, basque and Korean are two

18
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Why are languages going extinct

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Isn’t being used, it’s limited to a domain, children aren’t learning and only old people speak it

19
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How countries are preserving a language

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Teaching it in schools and speaking it more