Chapter 5: Language Types and Linguistic Concepts

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Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools
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AP Human Geography
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2022
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Chapter 5 Term Creole language Denglish Developing language Dialect Ebonics Extinct language Franglais Institutional language Isogloss Isolated languages Language Language branch Language family Language group Lingua franca Literary tradition Logogram Official language Pidgin language Received Pronunciation(RP) Spanglish Standard language Subdialect Vigorous language Vulgar Latin Definition A language that results from the mixing of a colonizer's language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated A combination of Deutsch(the German word for German) and English A language spoken in daily use with a literary tradition that is not widely distributed A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation A dialect spoken by some African Americans A language that was once used by people on daily activities but is no longer used A combination of Français and Anglais A language used in education, work, mad media, and government A boundary that seperates regions in which different language usages predominate A language that is unrelated to any other languages and therefore not attached to any language family A system of communication through the use of speech, a collection of sounds understood by a group of people to have the same meaning A collection of languages relayed through a common ancestor that can be confirmed through archaeological evidence A collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history A collection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in the relatively recent past and display relatively few differences in grammar and vocabulary A language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages A language that is written as well as spoken A symbol that represents a word rather than a sound The language adopted for use by a government for the conduct of business and publication of documents A form of speech that adopts a simplified grammar and limited vocabulary of a lingua franca; used for communications among speakers of two different languages The dialect of English associated with upper-class Britons living in London and now considered standard in the United Kingdom A combination of Spanish and English spoken by Hispanic Americans The form of a language used for official government business, education, and mass communications A sub division of a dialect A language that is spoken in daily use but that lacks a literary tradition A form of Latin used in daily conversation by ancient Romans, as opposed to the standard dialect, which was used for official documents