Unit 3 Flashcards
Endangered language
A language not taught to children by their parents and not actively used
Central fugal force
A force that threatens the cohesion of a neighborhood or society
Centripetal force
A force that brings people together and unifies neighborhoods
Cultural relativism
An approach to understanding, others culture; that seeks to understand individuals and cultures from wider perspectives
Cultural health
A focused geographic area where important invasions are born and from which they spread
Dialect
A regional variation of a language that is understood by people who speak other variations of that language
Pidgin
A trade language characterized by small vocabulary, derived from at least two or more groups
Imperialism
The motivating impulse to control greater amounts of teretory
Placelessness
Feeling of result from standardization of environment; no local culture and no longer dominant ethnic group
Language
Mutually agreed upon system of symbolic communication
Language family
A group of related language that shares a common ancestry
Lingua Fresca
A language of communication and commonly spoken across a wide area where it is not the mother tongue
Polytheistic
The belief in many gods
Popular culture
Heterogeneous culture, more influenced by key urban areas and quick to adapt
Orthodox religion
Religion that emphasizes priority of faith and generally not open to bending of elements
