Diffusion of Languages
The contemporary distribution of languages is a result of past migration. This is what type of diffusion?
Folk or Pop culture?- Changes little over time + likely to vary from place to place
Folk culture
What are the top 4 language families with the most users? (in order)
Indo-European, Sino-Tibetan, Niger-Congo, Afro-Asiatic
What is the result of the mixing of French and Haitian?
A creolized language
A language is an example of what? (artifact, sociofact, or menifact?)
menifact
What two invasions of the British Isles lead to the formation of English?
Are pop food customs more influenced by cultural values or environmental feautures?
Cultural values
Which Indo-European branch is its own branch because the languages all derive from Latin?
The Romance branch
What are the 4 major dialect regions in the US?
North, Midland, Southeast, and West
In Belgium, does being multilingual act as a centripetal or a centrifugal force?
Centrifugal
What led to the widespread use of Romance languages?
European colonization
What group is often used as an example of folk culture in the US?
The Amish
Japanese is the second largest language family in East Asia. What special script is it written in? (hint: Chinese uses this too)
Logograms
People in rural West Virginia are likely to speak what dialect?
Appalachian English
What would eating vegetarian burgers at a McDonalds in India be an example of?
Stimulus diffusion
What caused to the spread of Latin across Europe in early history?
The expansion of the Roman empire
The Kosher laws in Judaism are an example of...?
Food taboos
What East Asian language family is used mainly in Thailand and was once a branch of Sino-Tibetan?
Tai-Kadai
What is the dialect of English used by politicians, broadcasters, and actors in the UK?
Received Pronunciation (RP)
In East Asian culture, it's traditional to give hongbao (red envelopes full of money) during celebrations such as Chinese New Year. What would this practice be called?
A custom
Many languages have developed due to being seperated from other societies, what term is used to describe this?
Isolation
_____ culture often includes leisure activities, such as arts and recreation
Popular/Pop
Some believe in a single ancestor of all Indo-European languages (proto-indo-european). What evidence is this theory based off?
Common words across all languages for parts of nature
Who created ASL?
Thomas Gallaudet
Which of the following is not a part of a cultural landscape: Agricultural+industrial practices, Religion+Lingustics, Social class patterns, Land-use
Social class patterns