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AP Human Chpt 4 & 5
Question | Answer |
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British Received Pronunciation | (BRP) The dialect of English now considered standard in the UK. |
Creole | A language that results from the mixing of a colonizer-s language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated. |
Custom | The frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes characteristic of the group of people performing the act. |
Dialect | A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling and pronunciation. |
Ebonics | Dialect spoken by some African Americans. |
Extinct Language | A language that was once used by people in daily activities but is no longer used. |
Folk Culture | Culture traditionally practiced by a small, homogeneous, rural group living in relative isolation from other groups. |
Franglais | A term used by the French for English words that have entered the French language. |
Habit | A repetitive act performed by a particular individual. |
Ideograms | The system of writing used in China and other East Asian countries in which each symbol represents an idea or concept rather than a specific sound. |
Isogloss | A boundary that separates regions in which different language usages predominate. |
Isolated Language | A language that's 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 of people to have the same meaning. |
Language Branch | A collection of languages related through a common ancestor that existed several thousand years ago. |
Language Family | A collection of languages 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. |
Lingua Franca | A language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages. |
Literary Tradition | A language that's 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. |
Popular Culture | Culture found in a large, heterogeneous society that shares certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics. |
Spanglish | A combination of Spanish and English, spoken by Hispanic Americans. |
Standard Language | The form of a language used for official government business, education, and mass communications. |
Taboo | A restriction on behavior imposed by social custom. |
Terroir | The contribution of a location's distinctive physical features to the way food tastes. |
Vulgar Latin | A form of Latin used in daily conversation by ancient Romans. |