Chapter 5: Languages

Question 1

Creole

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Dialect

Answer 2

A regional variety distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation.

Question 3

Language family

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Centrifugal

Answer 4

A cultural value that tends to pull people apart.

Question 5

Centripetal

Answer 5

A cultural value that tends to unify people.

Question 6

African American Vernacular English (AAVE)

Answer 6

A dialect used by some African-Americans.

Question 7

Franglais

Answer 7

A combination of French and English.

Question 8

Official language

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Isogloss

Answer 9

A boundary that separates regions in which different usages predominate.

Question 10

Denglish

Answer 10

A combination of German and English.

Question 11

Lingua franca

Answer 11

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