Unit 5 Flashcards
institutional language
language used in education, work, documents, etc
official language
designated by government and is used by the government and on public objects (countries can have multiple)
literary tradition
language is written as well as spoken, has rules of grammar and an alphabet
developing language
language spoken, written, and used, but not widely distributed in literature
vigorous language
language spoken and used, but lacks a literary tradition
language family
collection of languages related through an ancestral language
language branch
collection of languages within a family in which their common ancestral language is not as old, and the languages have less significant differences
language group
collection of languages sharing a common origin in the relative past and can display similarities in grammar and vocabulary
Vulgar Latin
a form of Latin used by ancient Romans, as opposed to standard dialect that was written in their official documents
Franglais
mix of French and English
Lingua franca
a language mutually understood and commonly used by people with different native languages (currently the worldwide lingua franca is English)
Spanglish
mix of Spanish and English
Denglish
mix of German and English
pidgin language
groups that learn a lingua franca, but in a simplified form
logograms
symbols that represent words or parts of words (Chinese)
standard language
often in a language with many dialects, one dialect is recognized as this for purposes of government, education, and business
Received Pronunciation (RP)
the dialect of English considered standard in the United Kingdom
isogloss
a boundary separating regions in which different languages are used
Ebonics
the dialect spoken by some African Americans that were preserving their native language
creole
a mix of the language of colonists and the language of the indigenous people being dominated
extinct language
language that was once used, but is no longer in use
isolated language
language that is unrelated to any other and not associated with any language family
subdialect
subdivision of a dialect
dialect
a regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation
