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25 Cards in this Set
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Language |
A system of communication through speech, a collection of sounds that a group of people understands to have the same meaning |
Hello Hola Bonjour |
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Language family |
A collection of languages related through a common ancestral language that existed long before recorded history |
We are _____ |
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Language group |
A collection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in the relatively recent past and display many similarities in grammar and vocabulary |
A collection |
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Language branch |
A collection of languages within a family related through a common ancestral language that existed several thousand years ago; differences are not as extensive or as old as between languages families, and archeological evidence can confirm that the branches derived from the same family |
On a tree |
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Language tradition |
A way of speaking that has been used by the people in a particular group for a long time |
A way of _______ that has been used for a long time |
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Official language |
The language(s) designated by a country to be used by the government for laws, reports, and public objects, such as road signs, money, and stamps. |
The blank designated by the government to be the blank used on documents, signs, ect. |
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Logogram |
Symbols that represent words, or meaningful parts of words, rather than sounds |
Symbols that represent _____ |
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Literary tradition |
A system of written communication |
A blank of blank communication |
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Linguistic diversity |
A large variety of spoken languages in a given area |
A large blank of blank |
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Creole |
A language that results from the mixing of a colonizer's language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated |
A blank the that results from the mixing of... |
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Dialect |
A regional variation of a language distinguished by distinctive vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation |
A _______ __________ of a language distinguished by... |
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Isogloss |
A word-usage boundary that has a geographic extent within a country |
A blank-blank boundary |
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Lingua franca |
A language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages |
A language ______ __________ and used in... |
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Pidgin |
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 |
A form of _____ that adopts... |
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Trade language |
A restructured language used especially in commercial communication |
A blank language used especially in... |
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Denglish |
The diffusion of english words into german |
The blank of English words into... |
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Ebonics |
A synonym for African American vernacular English |
AAVE |
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Extinct language |
Languages that were once in use-even in the recent past- but are no longer spoken or read in daily activities but anyone in the world |
Languages that were once used but are... |
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Franglais |
The widespread use of English in the French language |
The widespread use of... |
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Isolated language |
A language unrelated to any other and therefore not attached to any language family |
A language ________ and therfore... |
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Monolingual |
A person or society speaking only one language |
A blank or blank speaking... |
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Multilingual |
In or using several languages |
Using... |
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Recieved pronunciation |
The standard language of England |
Turn blank language of... |
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Spanglish |
A combination of Spanish and English |
A blank of... |
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Standard language |
A dialect that is well established and widely recognized as the most acceptable for government, business, education, and mass communication |
A blank that is well established and... |
