Cultural Landscapes
Cultural Landscape
What are the four dialect regions in the United States?
Northern, Southeastern, Midlands, Western
What is a Mentifact?
A central, enduring element of a culture that reflect its shared ideas, values, beliefs, and knowledge
Give an example of a language group.
Indo-European
Give an example of an igloss in the United States.
Northern States - You guys, Southern States - Y'all
The notion that successive societies leave behind their cultural imprint, a collection of evidence about human character and experience within a geographic region, which shapes the cultural landscape.
Sequent Occupance
A language designated by an international organization or corporation as its primary means of communication for daily correspondence and converstion.
Working Language
What is a sociofact of a quinceanera?
Father/Daughter dance, Daughter reading from the bible in Spanish
A collection of languages with common ancestral roots from pre-historic times.
Language Family
Someone from the United States thinks that people eating snails is gross. Are they Ethnocentric?
Yes
What is an example of people Place-Making?
People extending sidewalks on streets with chalk or paint
It differs in distinctive vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation
Name the three cultural traits by how slow they are to change: Easily Changed to Slowest
Artifact, Sociofact, and Mentifact
Canada has recently forged more unity between its English majority and its French minority. What type of force is this?
Centripetal
What are positives of Cultural Convergence?
Democratization and sharing of knowledge
Give an example of Sequent Occupancy.
New Orleans shows numerous cultures that have modified their landscape over time
Give six examples of a lingua franca.
English, Mandarin, French, Arabic, Russian, Spanish
What is the difference between Folk Culture and Pop Culture?
Folk Culture is homogeneous and local, Pop Culture is heterogeneous and spreads across regions
What percentage of US students learn foreign languages?
20%
Give two language branches that English has adopted words from.
Germanic and Romantic
Give the six forms of cultural landscape classification.
Physical Features, Agricultural and industrial practices, Religious and linguistic characteristics, Evidence of sequent occupancy, Traditional and modern architecture, Land-use patterns
What is the difference between an informal language and a pigdin language?
An informal language is two languages merged together to create their own language, while a pigdin language is a lingua franca mixed with elements of a different language.
Give a economic reason why language is an important cultural trait.
When two countries are trading with each other it is important that they share a common language to communicate with.
Why does English have stems of Germanic words in its language?
A group of successive Germanic invasions of the British Isles followed by the Norman invasion from France
What are the three varieties of expansion?
Hierarchical, Contagious, Stimulus