Human Geography Ch 5 Notecards

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British Received Pronunciation

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the dialect of english associated with upper-class britons living in London area and now considered standard in the UK

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Creole or creolized language

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a language that results from the mixing a colonizer's language with the indigenous language of people being dominated

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dialect

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A regional variety of a language distinguished by
vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation.

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ebonics

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Dialect spoken by some African Americans

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extinct language

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A language that was once used by people
in daily activities but is no longer used.

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franglais

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A term used by the French for English words that
have entered the French language; a combination of français
and anglais, the French words for “French” and “English,”
respectively

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ideograms

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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 is the case with letters in English.

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isogloss

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A boundary that separates regions in which
different language usages predominate

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isolated language

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A language that is unrelated to any other
languages and therefore not attached to any language family

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language

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A system of communication through the use of
speech, a collection of sounds understood by a group of people to
have the same meaning.

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language branch

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A collection of languages related through a
common ancestor that existed several thousand years ago.
Differences are not as extensive or as old as with language families,
and archaeological evidence can confirm that the branches derived
from the same family.

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language family

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A collection of languages related to each
other through a common ancestor that existed long before
recorded history.

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language group

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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

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lingua franca

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A language mutually understood and
commonly used in trade by people who have different native
languages.

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literary tradition

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A language that is written as well as spoken.

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official language

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The language adopted for use by the
government for the conduct of business and publication of
documents.

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pidgin language

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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

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spanglish

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Combination of Spanish and English, spoken by
Hispanic Americans

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standard language

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The form of a language used for official
government business, education, and mass communications

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vulgar latin

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A form of Latin used in daily conversation by
ancient Romans, as opposed to the standard dialect, which was
used for official documents