Chapter 5

Question 1

Language (V)

Answer 1

sounds used to communicate, often with a written counterpart.

Question 2

Language Family (V)

Answer 2

a group of languages connected by one similar lanuage

Question 3

Language branch (V)

Answer 3

language collection within a family, through other language. not as many differences.

Question 4

language group (V)

Answer 4

collection within a branch with a common origin, similar grammar and vocab.

Question 5

Indo-European family (C)

Answer 5

most used language family. predominant in europe, south asia, north & latin america

Question 6

Sino-Tibetan family(C)

Answer 6

in china and southeast asia. uses logograms

Question 7

logogram (V)

Answer 7

symbols that represent words or phrases, not sound

Question 8

romance branch (C)

Answer 8

evolved from latin, mostly spoken in Europe

Question 9

What groups did English evolve from? (C)

Answer 9

Germanic tribes

Angles, Jutes, and Saxons

Question 10

How did the romance languages diffuse? (C)

Answer 10

the roman empire spread latin as they conquered areas. the language changed, creating others.

Question 11

origin of indo-european (C)

Answer 11

probably came from one main language, but cant be proved what.

Question 12

dialect (V)

Answer 12

regional variation of one language

Question 13

isogloss (V)

Answer 13

boundary of a word. each world has a different one.

Question 14

british vs american english (C)

Answer 14

US settlers had new experiences which led to a new vocabulary. spelling and pronunciation gradually changed over time.

Question 15

why no local languages preserve? (C)

Answer 15

distribution shows a group’s fate. It shows trends - globalization and local diversity

Question 16

extinct (V)

Answer 16

not spoken or read daily

Question 17

discuss english dominance (C)

Answer 17

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.

Question 18

how did english diffuse? (C)

Answer 18

through the british empire and colonization. it changed (vocab, pronunciation, etc.) and joined with other languages (ex: franglais and spanglish)

Question 19

Discuss english on the internet (C)

Answer 19

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.