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During the Viking Invasions, who had a profound influence on the development of Old English?
The Danes - also called Norsemen
What is a corpus?
A collection of written or spoken material in machine-readable form, assembled for the purpose of linguistic research
What is slang?
Language consisting of words and phrases that are very informal and are typically restricted to a particular context or group of people.
What are the 4 elements of hip hop?
Deejaying; rapping; graffitiing; B-boying.
How many Anglo-Saxon manuscripts have survived?
4
What language was used in court and government after the Norman invasion in 1066?
(Norman) French
What is a bilingual dictionary?
A dictionary used to translate from one language to another, i.e. it has the word meaning in both languages.
What is cant?
A cant is the language of a group, often employed to exclude or mislead people outside the group.
Where did hip hop originate from?
Economically depressed South Bronx section of New York City.
For what age group is young adult literature intended for?
14-18
What does the phrase 'lingua franca' mean?
a language that people from different countries have in common, and it makes international communication possible
What is a collocation?
A word or phrase that is often used with another word or phrase, in a way that sounds correct to people who have spoken the language all their lives, but might not be expected from the meaning (source: Cambridge Dictionary)
Why are slang words and the use of slang spreading much faster than ever before?
Prior to mass media, new words and expressions spread only by word of mouth but today, social media allows for the rapid spread of new expressions and words.
Who is widely credited for being the father of modern rapping?
Kool Herc.
Which narrative is most frequent in YA literature?
First-person narrative. Thus the most frequently used pronoun is "I".
What is the standard form of pronunciation of English called?
Received pronunciation
What is phonetic transcription?
It is the visual representation of speech sounds. It is also brought out in dictionaries, to help people read it.
What subculture do these slang terms represent: cellie, big house, settled?
Criminal slang.
What is it called when certain verbs are left out of sentences? Example: he is playing ⮕ he playing
Deletion of verbal copula.
What is alliteration?
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
How did English become the lingua franca?
By USA becoming a world superpower (sorry dear British)
What does COCA stand for?
Corpus of Contemporary American English
What does the slang term 'wallflower' mean?
A wallflower is a person who is introverted and is separate from the crowd, usually at a party.
What was the artist and title of the song that earned national praise in the US for the first time?
The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
What is the key point in postmodernism (regarding perception)?
It is imporant WHO views things (since every person sees things differently; there is no universal truth).