Cultural Landscape
What is sequent occupance?
The notion that societies leave behind cultural impact.
Poverty?
Centrifugal
What is ethnocentrism?
Putting your culture at the center.
What is a dialect?
a regional variation of a language
What is relocation?
The spread of an idea through physical movement.
What are the two forms of diffusion?
Expansion and Relocation
Ethnic Unity?
Centripetal
What is a threatened language?
A language that is still alive but dying out.
What is a working language?
A language designated by an international corporation
What is sense of place?
A place where you belong.
What is cultural convergence?
Cultures coming together.
Dictatorship?
Centrifugal
What is multiculturalism?
When cultures can co-exist
Name a pidgin
Spanglish,Franglish,and Danglish
What is a creole?
A language that mixes the colonizer's language with the indigenous language.
What is place making?
People coming together to create a place where they can live,work,play and learn.
Common Language?
Centripetal
Are physical features cultural landscapes?
Yes
Why do dialects differ?
because of the lack of spacial interaction
What is cultural relativism?
Thinking of another's culture.
What are the 3 varieties of expansion?
Hierarchical,Contagious and stimulus
Nationalism?
Both
What are the three things languages are broken into?
Families,Branches, and Groups
What are the 6 official languages recognized by the UN?
Arabic,English,Chinese,Spanish,French,and Russian
What is orthography?
The way a language is written.