Languages

Question 1

multilingualism

Answer 1

using multiple languages

Question 2

how many languages spoken in the US

Answer 2

350

Question 3

how many US residents speak a language other than English at home

Answer 3

> 25 million

Question 4

lingua franca

Answer 4

a language that is adopted as a common language between speakers whose native languages are different

Question 5

creole

Answer 5

a mother tongue formed from the contact of two languages through an earlier pidgin (grammatically simplified form of a language, used for communication between people not sharing a common language) stage

Question 6

why is Spanish a commonly spoken language in the US

Answer 6

history, geography, immigration

Question 7

code-switching

Answer 7

change from one language to another & use words/phrases from distinct languages, even in the same sentence

Question 8

bilingualism

Answer 8

fluent in 2 languages

Question 9

Spanglish

Answer 9

combination of an English word & a Spanish word to make a new word

Question 10

does the US have an official language

Answer 10

NO

Question 11

English-only laws apply primarily to

Answer 11

government programs

Question 12

English-only laws pros

Answer 12

creates a sense of national identity & promotes unity, abolish the use of translation services, curve immigration slightly, younger people are better able to assimilate, immigrants are encouraged to learn English, protect English language

Question 13

English-only laws cons

Answer 13

restrict free speech, discrimination among minorities, promotes division of unity, culture is lot, you are not really a part of the uS

Question 14

dialect

Answer 14

a particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group

Question 15

toponym

Answer 15

place name

Question 16

state origin names

Answer 16

54% are Native American

Question 17

Canada official language

Answer 17

French and English

Question 18

francophones

Answer 18

French is their first language, the one they typically use most often to speak, read, write and think, and the one they use most often at home

Question 19

nation

Answer 19

a large body of people united by common descent, history,
culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory.

Question 20

nationalism

Answer 20

identification with one’s own nation &support for its
interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests
of other nations.

Question 21

Quebec separatism

Answer 21

French Canadian nationalists wanted an enhanced status for Quebec

Question 22

Canadians becoming more

Answer 22

bilingual

Question 23

Quebec separatist party

Answer 23

French speaking residents who support a movement to secede from the rest of Canada