Definitions
Language families
Language
Diffusion
Culture Review
100
An array of separate languages that are suspected to be related by prehistoric origin.
What is a language family?
100
English belongs to this language family.
What is the Indo-European language family?
100
Four most widely used Romance branch languages
Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian
100

When an idea or new word is spread through the use of social media. For example "very demure, very mindful"

What is contagious diffusion?

100

The characteristics of places with popular culture include.... Name 2 characteristics

Heterogenous population, Urban, Developed


200
Local or regional version of a particular language; there are variations in vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar.
What is a dialect?
200

This language family includes Arabic and Hebrew and is located in the Middle East and North Africa

What is Afro-Asiatic

200

English is a part of this particular language branch of the Indo-European language family.

What is the Germanic language branch?

200

Asian immigrants continued to use chopsticks in the United States, and the use of chopsticks spread to other Americans.

What is relocation diffusion?

200

People maintain their folk culture despite familiarity with popular culture primarily because of    a) lack of exposure to the media.            b) fear of foreign influence.       c) concern for the physical environment    d)  strong desire to preserve unique customs

What is d

300
An array of languages that helps make up a language branch; the languages in the group share common origin and have similar vocabulary and grammar.
What is a language group?
300

Language family spoken mainly in Sub-Saharan Africa.

What is the Niger-Congo language family?

300

When a language is no longer being learned by youth but is still used by the elderly can be considered a...

What is an endangered or dying language?

300

Athlete endorsements, high-end fashion, passing of laws are all examples of this diffusion

What is hierarchical diffusion?

300

Popular customs are more likely than folk customs to a) rapidly diffuse through modern communication and transportation.           b) have an unknown source of origin.       c) reflect the unique characteristics of the landscape.      d) evolve from the isolation of different groups

What is A

400
It’s a language created from a combination of two more language into a simplified form.
What is a pidgin language?
400
Language family that is spoken mainly in China.
What is the Sino-Tibetan language family?
400

The boundary line for calling a soft drink Coke, Soda, Pop is called

Isogloss

400

When a retail store starts in a small community and eventually becomes a national retail store is known as 

What is reverse hierarchical diffusion

400

Double Jeopardy!!

This language does not have other languages like it. Give the term AND an example.

500
It’s a pidgin language with a more developed and more complex vocabulary and structure; it also has also developed into a native language for certain peoples.
What is a creolized language?
500

50% of the world speak a language in this family.

What is the Indo-European language family?

500

This language is considered to be the largest lingua franca globally.

What is English

500

The tasting room at Coke World, with the variety of soda beverages from around the world is a great example of 

What is stimulus diffusion

500
Many less developed countries fear the loss of folk culture because a) they want to avoid political disputes. b) they do not want to preserve traditional values. c) Western perspectives may become more dominant. d) Western clothing styles are less comfortable. e) popular culture devalues women
What is C
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