Unit 3- Ch 5 Flashcards
(20 cards)
Creole
A language that results from the mixing of colonizers language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated
British Received Pronunciation BRP
The dialect of English associated with upper class Britons living in the London area and now considered standard in the UK
Dialect
A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation
Ebonics
Dialects spoken by some African Americans
Extinct language
A language that was once used by people in daily activities but is no longer used
Franglais
A term used by the French for English words that have entered the French language
Ideograms
The system of writing used in china and other East Asian countries in which each symbol represents an idea or a concept rather than a specific sound as in the case with letters in English
Isogloss
A boundary that separates regions in which different languages usages predominate
Isolated language
A language that is unrelated to any other languages and therefore not attached to any language family
Language
A system of communication through the use of speech a collection of sounds understood by a group if people to have some meaning
Language branch
A collection of languages related through a common ancestor that existed several thousand years ago. Differences are not as extensive or as old with language families
Language family
A collection of language related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history
Language group
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
Lingua Franca
A language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages
Literary tradition
A language that is written as well as spoken
Official language
The language adopted for use by the government for the conduct of business and publication of documents
Pidgin language
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
Spanglish
Combination of Spanglish and English spoken by Hispanic Americans
Standard language
The form of a language used for official government business education and mass communications
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
