Vocabulary
Set or combination of sounds and symbols that people use to connect
Language
A word that has the same origin
Cognate
Who proposed that for every generation (25 years), the agricultural frontier moved approximately 18 kilometers
Ammerman
What language has the most native speakers by language
Mandarin Chinese
A language used among speakers of different languages for the purposes of trade and commerce
Lingua Franca
A geographic boundary within a particular linguistic feature occurs
Isogloss
Who suggested language divergence, which happens when spatial interaction decreases among speakers of a language
August Schleicher
What theory says that Proto-Indo-European spread with the diffusion of agriculture
Agricultural theory
A language created when people combine parts of two or more languages into a simplified structure and vocabulary
Pidgin Language
The language that is widely distributed, taught, and published in
Standard Language
Who published atlases of dialects in the United States, which defined northern, southern, and midland dialects in the eastern part of the country?
Hans Kurath
A major theory of how Proto-Indo-European diffused into Europe which holds that the early speakers of Proto-Indo-European spread westward on horseback, beginning the diffusion and differentiation of Indo-European tongues
Conquest Theory
Imparts a certain character on a place and gives us a glimpse of the history of a place
Toponym
Multiple languages that have a shared but fairly distant origin
Language families
Who was a scholar and a writer of fairy tales, suggested that cognates might prove the relationships between languages scientifically
They explained that related languages have similar, but not identical, consonants.
Jakob Grimm
Who explained that when people change the toponym of a place, they have the power to "wipe out the past and call forth the new"
Yi-Fu Tuan
A Pidgin Language that has developed a more complex structure and vocabulary
Also is the native language of a group of people
Creole Language
Dialects closest to each other geographically and the most similar
Dialect chains
Who argued that by simply naming a place, people call that place into being
Yi-Fu Tuan
Who ousted Mobutu and established his regime in the capital, Kinshasa
Laurent Kabila