Chapter 5

Question 1

British Received Pronunciation (BRP)

Answer 1

The dialect of English associated With upper-class Britons living in
the London area and is now considered standard in the United Kingdom.

Question 2

Creole/Creolized Language

Answer 2

A language that results from the mixing of a colonizer’s language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated.

Question 3

Denglish

Answer 3

Combination of German and English

Question 4

Dialect

Answer 4

A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation.

Question 5

Ebonics

Answer 5

A dialect spoken by some African-Americans.

Question 6

Extinct Language

Answer 6

A language that was once used by people in daily activities but is no longer used.

Question 7

Franglais

Answer 7

A term used by the French for English words that have entered the French language, a combination of francais and anglai.” the French words for “French” and “English,” respectively.

Question 8

Ideograms

Answer 8

The systems of writing used in China and other East Asian countries in which each symbol represents an idea or a concept rather than a specific sound as is the case with letters in English.

Question 9

Isogloss

Answer 9

A boundary that separates regions in which different languages’ usages predominate.

Question 10

Isolated Language

Answer 10

A language that is unrelated to any other languages and therefore not attached to any
language family.

Question 11

Language Branch

Answer 11

A collection of languages related through a common ancestor that existed several thousand years ago. Differences are not as extensive or as old as with language families, and archaeological evidence can confirm that the branches are derived from the same family.

Question 11

Language

Answer 11

A system of communication through the use of speech, a collection of sounds understood by a group of people to have the same meaning.

Question 12

Language Family

Answer 12

A collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history.

Question 13

Language Group

Answer 13

A collection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in the relatively recent past and display relatively few differences in grammar and vocabulary.

Question 14

Lingua Franca

Answer 14

A language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages.

Question 15

Literary Tradition

Answer 15

A language that is written as well as spoken.

Question 16

Pidgin Language

Answer 16

A form of speech that adopts a simplified grammar and limited vocabulary of a lingua franca, used for communications among speakers of two different languages.

Question 17

Official Language

Answer 17

The language adopted for use by the government for the conduct of business and
publication of documents.

Question 18

Spanglish

Answer 18

A combination of Spanish and English, spoken by Hispanic Americans.

Question 19

Standard Language

Answer 19

The form of a language used for official government business, education, and mass
communications.

Question 19

Vulgar Latin

Answer 19

A form of Latin used in daily conversation by ancient Romans, as opposed to the standard dialect, which was used for official documents.