5.1 Language Tree
The trunk of our language tree represents what?
Language Families
How many language families have at least 100 million speakers?
9
English belongs to which language branch?
Germanic
The Kurgans diffusing language through military conquest is which language theory?
War Theory/War Hypothesis
A regional variation of a language from distinct grammar features is know as what?
Dialect
The branches of our language tree represent what?
Language Branches
What is the world's most widely spoken language family?
Indo-European
Which of the following is NOT a Romance branch language? Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, French
Russian
The Anatolians diffusing language for agricultural practice is known as which theory?
Peace Theory/Peace Hypothesis
A word-usage boundary is called:
Isogloss
The leaves of our language tree represent what?
Language Groups
What are the two largest language families?
Indo-European and Sino-Tibetan
How many language branches are in the Indo-European family?
8
How did Germanic Tribe invasions of England influence the development of English?
They contributed words and other parts of language to English.
The main reason for dialect differences in American and British English is:
Isolation
What is the difference between a language and a literary tradition?
Language is spoken, literary tradition is written
Which language family is the most important to Sub-Saharan Africa?
Niger-Congo Family
Which language branch is Russia a part of?
Balto-Slavic
The Angles, Saxons, and Jutes were tribes from what present-day country?
Denmark
Dialects in England formed mainly because of:
The different Germanic tribes that invaded
People for whom a language is their first language are considered what?
Native Speakers
Why is English popular in Hong Kong, China?
It was until recently (1997) a British Colony.
The Celtic language branch can be found it parts of which country?
England, Wales, or Scotland (United Kingdom also acceptable)
The Normans, who also invaded England, were from what present-day country?
France
Name one place where it WOULD be appropriate to use slang, and one place where it WOULD NOT be.
Ex: Appropriate: Around friends, school lunch
Not Appropriate: Job interview, Date