Quiz 7

Question 1

language family

Answer 1

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

Question 2

proto-indo-euro

Answer 2

linguistic hypothesis stating that an ancestral Indo-European language exists and that it is the hearth of ancient latin.

Question 3

deep reconstruction

Answer 3

technique using the vocabulary of an extinct language to re-create the language that proceeded the extinct language.

Question 4

language divergence

Answer 4

opposite of language convergence, a process suggested by german linguist August schleider where new languages are formed when a language breaks into dialects due to lack of spatial interaction among speakers of the language and isolation causing the division of the language into new languages.

Question 5

language convergence

Answer 5

the combining of two languages into one resulting from the constant spatial interaction of people with different languages; the opposite of language divergence.

Question 6

romance languages

Answer 6

Languages (French, Spanish, Italian, Romanian, and Portuguese) that lie in the areas that were once controlled by the Roman Empire but were not subsequently overwhelmed.

Question 7

Germanic languages

Answer 7

(English, German, Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish) languages that reflect the expansion of people out of northern Europe to the west and south.

Question 8

Slavic language

Answer 8

Languages (Russian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian, Slovenian, Serbo-Croatian, and Bulgarian) that developed as Slavic people migrated from a base in present-day Ukraine close to 2000 years ago

Question 9

official language

Answer 9

the language used in multi-lingual countries by the educated and political powerful elite, to promote internal cohesion, and the language of the courts and government.

Question 10

Standard Language

Answer 10

the language promoted in schools, government, and media, as well as other aspects of life.

Question 11

Place

Answer 11

a specific point on earth distinguished by a certain characteristic.

Question 12

dialect

Answer 12

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

Question 13

culture

Answer 13

the body of customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits that together constitute a group of people’s distinct tradition.

Question 14

guest workers

Answer 14

workers who migrate to more developed countries in search of higher paying jobs.

Question 15

Dot Map

Answer 15

a map that uses dots to represent the concentration of people in an area or country.