Chapter 5 Flashcards
Language (V)
sounds used to communicate, often with a written counterpart.
Language Family (V)
a group of languages connected by one similar lanuage
Language branch (V)
language collection within a family, through other language. not as many differences.
language group (V)
collection within a branch with a common origin, similar grammar and vocab.
Indo-European family (C)
most used language family. predominant in europe, south asia, north & latin america
Sino-Tibetan family(C)
in china and southeast asia. uses logograms
logogram (V)
symbols that represent words or phrases, not sound
romance branch (C)
evolved from latin, mostly spoken in Europe
What groups did English evolve from? (C)
Germanic tribes
Angles, Jutes, and Saxons
How did the romance languages diffuse? (C)
the roman empire spread latin as they conquered areas. the language changed, creating others.
origin of indo-european (C)
probably came from one main language, but cant be proved what.
dialect (V)
regional variation of one language
isogloss (V)
boundary of a word. each world has a different one.
british vs american english (C)
US settlers had new experiences which led to a new vocabulary. spelling and pronunciation gradually changed over time.
why no local languages preserve? (C)
distribution shows a group’s fate. It shows trends - globalization and local diversity
extinct (V)
not spoken or read daily
discuss english dominance (C)
it’s the language of international communication. 1/3 of the population has it as their official language. it diffuses pop culture and sciences, as well as loses original languages.
how did english diffuse? (C)
through the british empire and colonization. it changed (vocab, pronunciation, etc.) and joined with other languages (ex: franglais and spanglish)
Discuss english on the internet (C)
most material is in english and you need to know it to read. it’s growing less and less dominant, but it still is. other countries have domain names (japan=.jp) but Us doesn’t have one.
