Sociofacts, Artifacts, and Mentifacts
Language Categories
Language vs. Dialect
Culture Vocab
Potpourri
100

Which aspect is the fastest to change?

Artifacts

100

Italian, French, Spanish, and Romanian are all...

Romance languages

100

Franglais is an example of a(n)...

Informal language

100

A place where people want to learn, live, work, and play.

Placemaking

100

When thinking of this term that is a force that unifies people you can think of pretty flower petals.

Centripetal force

200

A dress from a quinceaƱera is an example of a(n)...

Artifact

200

A language only used face to face, and it is losing users.

Dying language

200

The language that is most often used in public schools.

Official language

200

Your feelings about someone else's culture is based on your own.

Ethnocentrism

200

English is a language often used for international communication. Therefore it is a(n)...

Lingua-franca

300

The shared ideas, values, and beliefs of a culture.

Mentifacts

300

The most widely used language family is...

Indo-European

300

These aren't official languages but they can be recognized as languages over time.

Dialects

300

_____ culture is local and homogeneous, while _____ culture spreads rapidly and is heterogeneous. 

Folk, Pop

300

From which two languages has English mainly adopted words?

French and German

400

Which aspect is the slowest to change?

Mentifacts

400

Latin is an example of this type of language.

Dead language

400

The terms y'all, you guys, yous, etc. vary from dialect to dialect in the different ________ of the U.S.

Regions

400

Dropping your culture and adopting a new one.

Assimilation

400

A language that can be simply described as not following all the rules is a(n)

Pidgin language

500

These include family traditions, government practices, education systems, etc.

Sociofacts

500

A language used often by all ages, but it is not used in education,media, etc.

Developing language

500

French _____ in Haiti is a mix of the colonizer's language and the original inhabitants language.

Creole

500

Democratization and the sharing of knowledge are benefits of...

Cultural convergence

500

The Hollywood Sign is an example of a...

Toponym