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Regional Dialects
Social Dialects
Sociolinguistic Analysis
Bilingualism
Vocabulary
100
Characteristics of speech that convey information about the speaker's dialect
What is an Accent
100
What does the acronym SAE stand for?
What is Standard American English
100
Lingua Franca means...
What is "Frankish Language"
100
Ability to speak two or more languages
What is Bilingualism
100
Broad term for different types of reading impairments
What is dyslexia.
200
Map showing areas wher specific dialectal characteristics occur in the speech of the region.
What is Dialect Map
200
A deviation from the norm thought to be "proper English" such as pronouncing often with a [t] or saying "between you and I"
What is Hypercorrection
200
The simplification of languages and the reduction in the number of domains of use.
What is Pidginization
200
The ability of an individual speaker to speak two or more languages with native or near native proficiency
What is Individual Bilingualism
200
What is the alternate name for African American English?
What is Ebonics.
300
pail & bucket; faucet & spigot; carriage, buggy, and coach are all examples of what kind of differences?
What are Lexical Differences.
300
A social dialect of North American English that has been a victim of prejudicial ignorance.
What is African American English or AAE
300
Involves the linguistic expansion in the lexicon and grammar of existing pidgins
What is Creolization
300
The mutual abilities of a community to speak two or more languages with native or near native proficiency
What is Societal Bilingualism
300
The movement back and forth between two languages or dialects within the same sentence.
What is Codeswitching
400
What is "might could" an example of? Used in a sentence: He might could do it.
What is a Double Modal.
400
"He don't know nothing" is an example of
What is a Multiple Negative.
400
Language that provides most of the lexical items of a pidgin or creole
What is Superstrate Language.
400
The situation in nations in which two or more languages are spoken and recognized as official or national languages
What is Multilingualism
400
What is the alternate term for jargon?
What is Argot
500
Linguist who published dialect maps and dialect atlases
Who is Hans Kurath
500
A linguistic phenomenon such double negative whose occurrence varies according to the social context of the speaker.
What is Sociolinguistic Variables.
500
Language of indigenous people that contributes to the lexicon and grammar of a pidgin or creole but in a less obvious way.
What is Substrate Language.
500
The U.S. is broadly perceived as what kind of lingual society?
What is Monolingual.
500
Word or phrase that replaces a taboo word or serves to avoid frightening or unpleasant subjects.
What is a Euphemism.