a language that is valued as an institution through which things get done, communication happens, but people don't feel strongly about it.
what is an official language?
Facilitators of English into the home domain.
What are children?
What is codeswitching?
Who did Keegan-Michael Key appear in a political skit with?
President Obama
A language that is valued as a symbol of national identity and that people feel strongly about.
What is a national language?
Language(s) habitually used in a home and acquired by its children.
What is home language(s)?
emblematic switching
The name of Allegheny's mascot.
Chompers
Benefit to promoting English via language policy in government.
What is linking the country's development into global political and economic spheres.
The most widely used language on the internet.
What is English?
switching that occurs among people who pick up and use words or phrases from a language which is not part of their heritage.
what is language crossing?
The year that Allegheny College was founded.
What is 1815?
A development that usually takes place only at times of major political change.
What is new language policy?
The amount of time it takes to make a language shift.
What are generations?
This occurs when two languages may converge sufficiently in phonology and syntax to facilitate combination into one code.
What is a hybrid or mixed code?
this is added to white sugar to make brown sugar
what is molasses?
Involved in implementing the choice of language(s) for use as a medium of instruction in schools and tertiary education institutions.
What is status planning and acquisition planning?
Example of a community in the United States that is trying to prevent linguicide by English.
What are Native American communities?
what is: the choice of one language over another may be associate with particular settings, or conversational topics, subtle interactional functions, enablement of speakers to negotiate particular identities, or to achieve certain stylistic effects?
Boomers