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Language Quiz Flashcards

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atkinsons theory

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language came from Africa because it has the most phonemes in the language

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Renfrew and Grey

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language spread through farming(food increase –> population increase –> language increase) and contagious diffusion(also known as prosperity theory)

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Gimbutas

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conflict theory, language spread hierarchically through conquest(ex: english)

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Language families(name the two)

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Indo-European

Sino-Tibetan

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How to language families change into language branches

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distance, time, and isolation. In between the two are dialects.

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Creole vs. Pidgn

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A creole is a language of oppressor + oppressed

A Pidgn is a simplified combination of languages used to communicate in commerce

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How do languages go extinct?

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no one speaks them

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Why do languages go extinct?

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Languages go extinct because of government intervention, assimilation to a dominant culture, cultural genocide, ect.

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why would you want to preserve a language

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You would want to preserve a language because language contributes to culture which contributes to identity which means that language should be maintained as it is a central part of a people or person.

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denglish

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a combination of Deutsch(German) and English

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developing language

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a language spoken in daily use with a literary tradition that is not widely distributed

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dialect

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a regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation

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ebonics

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a dialect spoken by African Americans

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Extinct Language

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A language that was once used by people in daily activities but is no longer used

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Franglais

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A combination of french and english

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institutional language

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a language used in education, work, mass media, and government

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isogloss

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a boundary that separates regions in which different language usages predominate

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isolated language

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a language that is unrelated to any other languages and therefore not attached to any other language family

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language

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a system of communication through the use of speech, a collection of sounds understood by a group of people to have the same meaning

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language branch

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a collection of languages related through a common ancestor that an be confirmed through archaeological evidence

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language family

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

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language group

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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

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lingua franca

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the most spoken second language,the language of diplomacy, the language of science( textbook definition: a language a language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages)

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literary tradition

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a language that is written as well as spoken

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logogram

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a symbol that represents a words rather than a sound

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official language

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

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received pronunciation

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the dialect of English associated with upper-class Britons living in London and now considered standard in the United Kingdom

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Spanglish

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A combination of spanish and english spoken by hispanic americans

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standard language

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the form of a language used for official government business, education, and mass communications

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subdialect

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a subdivision of a dialect

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vigorous language

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a language that s spoken in daily use but that lacks a literary tradition

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vulgar latin

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a form of latin used in daily conversation by ancient romans, as opposed to the standard dialect which was used for official documents

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