unit 3b - language Flashcards
literary tradition
a language that is written as well as spokrn
official language
the language adopted for use by a government for the conduct of business and publication of documents
dialect
a regional variety of a language distinguables by vocab, spelling, and pronunciation
isogloss
a boundary that separates regions regions in different language usages predominate.
developing language
Language used daily for face-to-face communication, includes a standard written expression, but not used by people all the time
british receiver pronunciation
The dialect of English associated with upper-class Britons living in London and now considered standard in the United Kingdom.
language family
a collection of languages related to each other through a commo ancestor long before recorded history.
language branch
a collection of languages related through a common ancestor that can be confirmed through archaeological evidence.
language group
a collection of languages within a branch that share a commo origin in the relatively recent past and display relatively few differences in grammar and vocab.
vulgar latin
a form of Latin used in daily conversation by ancient Romans, as opposed to the standard dialect, which was used for official documents.
romance branch
A branch of the Indo European family of language, include languages like Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, and Serbian
vigorous language
a language that is spoken in daily use but lacks a literary tradition.
creole language
a language that results from the mixing of a colonizer’s language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated.
language divergence
Speakers of the same language scatter throughout the world and develop variations of the original language
ideographic
each symbol is a word or idea
