General Linguistics and Languages
This area of linguistics looks at the meaning of words and sentences.
Semantics
This group of languages existed in the Caribbean before European conquest and colonization.
What are Amerindian languages?
This person can speak two or more languages
Bilingual, multilingual
This hemisphere of the brain is primarily responsible for language processing.
The Left Hemisphere
Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji are the names of the three writing systems used in this language.
Japanese
This myths claims that some languages are primitive and lack complexity
What is no language is primitive and all languages are complex in their own way
This group of languages arose in the Caribbean when Europeans came into prolonged contact with Africans through slavery.
Creoles/Creole languages
This action occurs when there is use of two or more languages in a single conversation or sentence
Code-switching
This language disorder, also seen as a learning disorder, can affect both reading and writing.
Dyslexia
This language belongs to the West Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family.
English
These parts of the vocal apparatus are involved in producing the sound [b].
The upper and lower lips/ the lips
Coming from the French-speaking islands of the Lesser Antilles, this language is considered to be the ancestral/heritage language of most Trinidadians and was the lingua franca of Trinidad.
What is Patois/ French Creole/ Trinidadian French Creole?
This field of linguistics looks at the language variation and language change in communities, social groups and cultures.
Sociolinguistics
This speech disorder is categorised by a speech disorder characterized externally by involuntary repetitions and prolongations of sounds, syllables, words, or phrases as well as involuntary silent pauses.
Stuttering/Stammering
This language was created as a native language for an alien race of tall blue people living on the fictional planet of Pandora in this popular movie (now movie franchise)
What is Na'vi?
This field of linguistics looks at converting information from one language to another. This act can be done through written form and orally.
Interpreting and Translating
The attitudes towards this group of languages are positive. So much so that many believe that they are superior over any other group of languages in the Caribbean. If given the chance, many parents would prefer their children to use these languages over any other language, especially over any Creole.
What are European Languages?
This type of language situation is rare in the world. It is when a person speaks only one language/dialect/language style.
Monolingualism
This field of linguistics is concerned with language related brain functions, studying language impairments, understanding language and the brain.
This fictional language was created by David J. Peterson for the popular show "Game of Thrones". It is the native language of the city of Valyria and spoken by characters such as Daenerys Targaryen and Rhaenyra Targaryen.
High Valeryian/ Valyerian
This area of linguistics deals with word formation.
Morphology
This group of languages came into different territories of the Caribbean due the Emancipation of the enslaved, causing the arrival of indentured labourers of both Indian and Chinese origin to replenish the labour force.
Immigrant langauges/Post-Emancipation languages
This term refers to a variation of a language.
A dialect/dialect
This language center is responsible for speech production.
Broca's Area
This group of languages are considered to be romance languages.
French, Spanish, Italian, Romanian, Catalan etc