Vocab 1
A word or phrase formed by reordering the letters of another word or phrase is an ____________.
Anagram
What is a dialect?
A regional variation of a language.
Name some facts about English.
Third most popular language,Written/read from left to right,and gets its prefixes/suffixes from Greek and Latin.
What are some languages that evolved from Latin?
Spanish,French,Portuguese,and Romanian.
Explain the La-la theory
First sounds that had to do with love,play,poetry,and song.
What is a neanderthal?
A species of hominins that died out about 28,000 years ago.
My father is is often in his restricted office studying languages because he is a _________.
Linguist
Name some facts about Greek .
Some ancient forms are read from bottom to topand used boustrophedon(reverse lines, words,and letters)when they write.
Africans,Dutch,English,Flemish,Frisian,and Modern Low-German come from __________.
Low-German
Explain the Yo-he-ho theory
came from people's need to work together using grunts,chanting,and words.
A _________ can be developed from a pidgin
Creole
The postures, facial expressions, and gestures that a person uses to communicate nonverbally iscalled_________.
Body Language
Name some facts about Japanese.
Traditionally read from top to bottom and the body language is very different from English.
What did Greek turn into?
Modern Greek
Explain the Bow-wow theory.
People imitating sounds,especially animal calls.
A tube extending from the larynx to the lungs through which air travels to and from the lungs is called a ________.
Trachea
What is a larynx?
The part of the respiratory tract that contains the vocal chords.
Give some facts about Arabic.
Read/written from right to left and it is the fourth most used language.
What did East Salvic turn into?
Russian.
Explain the Ding-dong theory.
Came from people's reaction to the environment.
What is a Palindrome?
A word, phrase, verse, or sentence that reads the same backward or forward.
The section of throat that extends from the mouth to the larynx is the _________.
Pharynx
Explain the significance of cave paintings and how they show language.
They suggested that humans may have communicated in other forms like sign language.Also the cave paintings and tools were used before humans spoke,so this means they did have some form of language.
How does learning about the development of language help us understand history better?
It shows us how societies developed in the past,it helps us learn about human behavior in the past,we can learn how humans in the past did things,we can learn how they lived,about their values,beliefs,and we can also learn how they looked at the world around them.
Explain the Pooh-pooh theory.
came up with speech to expressions and needed words to demonstrate feelings.