Chapter 4/5 Vocab Flashcards
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folk culture
Coulter traditionally practiced by a small rural group living in a relative isolation
Custom
The frequent repetition of an act to the extent that it becomes a characteristic of a group of people
habit
A repetitive act performed by an individual
pop-culture
culture found them in a large society that shares certain habitats despite differences and other personal characteristics
taboo
A restriction on behavior imposed by social custom
terroir
contribution of a locations distinctive physical features to the way food tastes
creole language
A language that results from the mixing of a colonizers language with indigenous language
Denglish
German and English
dialect
regional variety of a language
Ebonics
dialect spoken by African-Americans
extinct language
language once used by people and daily activities no longer used
franglais
French and English
isogloss
boundary that separates regions which different languages are used
language
System of communication through the use of speech
language branch
A collection of languages related through a common ancestor that existed several thousand years ago
differences are not as expensive or as old as with language families
language family
A collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor
language group
Collection of languages within a branch that share a common origin
lingua franca
language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages
literary tradition
A language that is written as well spoken
logogram
symbol that represents a word rather than a sound
official language
The language adopted for use by the government for the conduct of business
pigeon language
form of speech that adopt a simplified a grammar and limited vocabulary of lingua franca
received pronunciation (RP)
dialect of English associated with upper-class Britons
spanglish
combination of Spanish and English
