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EHS_ch5-09
Question | Answer |
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What does (BRP) stand for? | British Received Pronunciation |
What is a Dialect? | A regional variation of a language distinguish by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation |
What is Creolized language? | A langeguage that results from mixing of colonizers languages with the indigenous language. |
What is Ebonics? | A dialect that has been term as a conbination of ebony and phonics |
What is a Extinct Language? | A language that is no longer spoken any more around the world |
What is Franglais? | A term used by French for English words that have entered the French language |
What is Ideograms? | Represents ideas or concepts that are not specific pronunciations |
Define Isogloss? | Word-usage boundary that can b constructed for each word |
What is a Isolated language? | A language unrelated to any other and therefore not attached to any language family |
Define Language? | A system of communication through speech and a collection of sounds that a group of people understand to have a same meaning |
What is a Language branch? | A collection of languages related through a common ancestor that existed several thousand years ago |
What is a Language family? | A collection of languages related through a common ancestor that existed long before recorded history |
Define a Language group | a collection of languages within a branch that share a common origin |
What is Lingua Franca? | Lingua franca is a common trade language such as english. Lingua Franca=trade |
What is a Liteary language? | it is a linguage that cam be written as well as spoken |
What is a official language? | It is the main language spoken by the government |
What is a pidgin language | It is a simpler form of a language |
Define spanglish | It is a mix of spanish and english |
what is Vulgar latin | vulgar latin is a spoken form of latin not the literay form |