Final Flashcards
(74 cards)
Many immigrants to the United states will adapt aspects of the American culture, while maintaining aspects of their original culture. This process is best defined as:
Acculturation
A boundary that separates the regions in which different language usages predominate is:
Isogloss
A collection of languages related through a common ancestral language that existed several thousand years ago is:
language family
Romance languages are clustered in:
Southwestern Europe and Latin America
A form of speech that adopts a simplified version of a lingua franca’s grammar and vocabulary to communicate with another language is called:
Pidgin Language
Which of the following is the BEST example to hear a Creole language spoken:
Paris, France
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Bogota, Colombia
Little Rock, Arkansas
Havana Cuba
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Identify which language branch is the primary language in the shaded regions of each map
(map is shaded in US, Canada, Greenland, UK, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Australia, and New Zealand)
Germanic
Identify which language branch is the primary language in the shaded regions of each map
(map is shaded in Latin America, Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, and Romania)
Romance
Identify which language branch is the primary language in the shaded regions of each map
(Map is shaded in eastern China)
Chinese
According to Renfrew and Grays theory of language migration, Indo-European languages spread by:
expansion diffusion
According to Gimbutas’ theory, Indo-European languages spread by:
Hierarchical diffusion
Which of the following IS NOT an element in how languages evolve
a. isolation
b. time
c. phonemes
d. distance
c. phonemes
Among the reasons why English is such a difficult language for non-native speakers to read is its:
use of Latinate as well as Greek prefixes suffixes and root words
The difference between a “dialect” and a “slang” is that a dialect _____ and a slang ____
is rule governed, replaces one word or idea with another word in the same language
A “pidgen” is the result of
contact between speakers of other languages
A “creole” is the result of
development from a mixture of different languages that is a complete language used in a community and acquired by children as their native language
A “lingua franca” develops when
a language that is widely spoken as a first language and is the most popular second language for business and diplomacy
93% of the languages in the United States are extinct(or nearly extinct) because
intentional government policies to eradicate indigenous languages
Atkinson’s theory on how languages spread(which was verified through genetic testing of DNA) argues that
the more phonemes a language has, the older the language is - and therefore younger languages have fewer phonemes
“Proper”, “acceptable” or “appropriate” speech as opposed to “vulgar” , “improper”, or “unacceptable” speech (as illustrated with Latinate and Germanic words in class) is one way a group can _____ over another group.
exert power
Evangelical religions are also
Universal religions
Which of the following religions did not originate with a founder or innovating prophet
a. Buddhism
b. Hinduism
c. Islam
d. Taoism
e. Confucianism
b. Hinduism
Local Native American and African religions that teach a belief in a natural world full of spiritual beings and supernatural powers are often referred to as
animist
A pilgrim Islam would most likely visit which modern-day country?
Saudi Arabia
