Chapter 5 Language Vocab Flashcards
A language that is written as well as spoken
Literary tradition
A system of communication through the use of speech, a collection of sounds understood by a group of people to have the same meaning
Language
The language adopted for use by the government for the conduct of business and publication of documents
Official language
A collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history
Language family
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 languages families, and archaeological evidence can confirm that the branches derived from the same family
Language branch
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
Language group
A symbol that represents a word rather than a sound
Logogram
A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation
Dialect
A boundary that separates regions in which different language usages predominate
Isogloss
The form of a language used for official government business, education, and mass communications
Standard language
A language that results from the mixing of a colonizer’s language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated
Creolized language
A language that is unrelated to any other languages and therefore not attached to any language family
Isolated language
A language that was once used by people in daily activities but is no longer used
Extinct language
A language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people of different native languages
Lingua franca
A form of speech that adopts a simplified grammar and limited vocabulary of the lingua franca; use for communications among speakers of two different languages
Pidgin language
