VOCAB
Things that push you apart.
What is centrifugal?
These types of cultures leave behind an imprint.
successful or unsuccessful?
What are successful cultures?
Africa.
Where do many people believe language started?
Its own language.
What can dialects turn into?
Y'all, eighteen-wheelers
What are some well-known southern dialects?
What is isogloss?
Physical features, religious and linguistic characteristics, evidence of subsequent occupancy, traditional and modern architecture, and land-use patterns.
What are some ways to identify culture?
90% of the population uses one of these.
What percent of the population uses one of the seven language families?
Northern, midland, western, and southeastern.
What are the 4 main US dialects?
"They're dressed like Americans"
What is an example of assimilation in a foreign place (from America)?
A collection of languages that existed before recorded history.
What is language family?
Relocation, expansion, hierarchical are some examples of these.
What are some types of diffusion?
Afro-Asiatic, Austronasian, Indo-Euopean, Niger-Congo, Nilo-Saharan.
What are some examples of African Language Families?
An example of this would be Switzerland having two dialects.
Tech has hyperconnected the world in a way that has never been seen before.
Why does the word contemporary have a boost in saying in sooner years?
The way a language is written.
What is orthography?
Negatives- Loss of indigenous languages.
What are the positives and negatives of cultural conversions?
Afro-Asiatic, Austro-Asiatic, Austronesian, Dravidian, Japanese, Korean, Sino-Tibetan, Tai-kadai.
What are some examples of Asian Language Families?
We are used to what we've been hearing.
Why is it hard to understand different dialects?
Sharing a sense of common history, a shared language, reliable national institutions, and government legitimacy.
What are some examples of centripetal forces?
A place name that describes local geography, famous people, and were carried by migrants from a homeland to reflect religion or advertise a location.
What is toponym?
Sense of place.
What can cultural landscape remind you of?
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
What are the 6 official languages the UN recognizes?
Isolation can affect this, no contact besides virtually with other places can start affecting this, and start developing words that other people use and have that spread amongst a population.
Why are accents/dialects different in the same country?
Luisiana-creole
What is an example of a creolized language?