Chapter 6: Laguage

Question 0

Geographically distinct versions of a single language that vary somewhat form the parent form

Answer 0

Dialect

Question 1

A pidgin language that evolves to the point at which it becomes the primary language of the people who speak it

Answer 1

Creole

Question 2

Geographical boundary lines where different linguistic features meet

Answer 2

Isoglosses

Question 3

An extremely simple language that combines aspects of two or more other, more complex languages usually used for quick and efficient communications

Answer 3

Lingua Franca

Question 4

A relationship between languages or dialects in which speakers of different but related varieties can readily understand each other without intentional study or special effort

Answer 4

Mutual intelligibility

Question 5

Language that may develop when two groups of people with different languages meet

Has some characteristics of each languages

Answer 5

Pidgin

Question 6

A systematic change in the pronunciation of a set of speech sounds as a language evolves

Answer 6

Sound shift

Question 7

Place names given to certain features on the land such as settlements, terrain features, and streams

Answer 7

Toponym