Chapter 18: Regional Variation in Language

Question 1

linguistic geography

Answer 1

aspects of language variation based on where the language is used

Question 2

standard language

Answer 2

idealized variety
(standard american english, standard indian english, etc)

Question 3

dialectology

Answer 3

study of dialects

speakers of different dialects can usually understand each other

Question 4

what classification was used to select dialect survey informants?

Answer 4

NORMS
non-mobile, older, rural, male speakers

Question 5

isogloss

Answer 5

boundary between areas with regard to one particular linguistic item

Question 6

dialect boundary

Answer 6

isogloss that coincides with enough other isoglosses to form a boundary

regional variety exists along a dialect continuum

Question 7

bidialectal

Answer 7

speakers who can switch back and forth between two different dialects

Question 8

pidgin

Answer 8

impromptu grammatically simplified language that develops when 2+ groups don’t share a common language

6-12 million people still use pidgin

Question 9

creole

Answer 9

when a pidgin develops beyond being a trade/contact language and becomes the first language of a community

10 - 17 million speakers