quiz 6 Flashcards
distance decay
as distance increases relevance decreases.
race
identity with a group of people descended from a common ancestor.
ethnicity
identity with a group of people that share distinct physical and mental traits as a product of common heredity and cultural traditions.
gendered
compares the development of men and women.
queer theory
What kind of sexual activities are labeled normal or deviant.
Dowry death
the dispute of the price to be paid by the family of the bride to the father of the groom, in which some cases led to the death of the bride.
standard language
a language that is published, widely distributed, and purposely taught.
isogloss
A boundary that separates regions in which different languages are used.
nostratic
language believed to be ancestral to many regions in the past.
Renfrew Hypothesis
Renfrews hypothesis that proposed three areas in and near the first agricultural hearth, the fertile crescent gave arise the three different languages.
Toponym
the special name of a place on earth’s surface.
Lingua Franca
A language understood by people in trade who have different native languages.
Pidgin Language
a form of speech that adopts simplified grammar and limited vocabulary of a lingua franca , used for communications among speakers of two different languages.
creole language
a new language with grammatical rules that develops from a pidgin language in colonies established by people who had different native languages.
conquest theory
One major theory of how Proto-Indo-European diffused into Europe which holds that the early speakers of Proto-Indo-European spread westward on horseback, overpowering earlier inhabitants and beginning the diffusion and differentiation of Indo-European tongues.
