APHG Chapter 5 Flashcard 2021

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A language ____________ is a collection of languages related through a common ancestral language that existed long before recorded history. Hint: The trunk of the tree

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family

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A language ____________ is a collection of languages related through a common ancestral language that existed several thousand years ago.

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branch

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What is the largest language family in terms of spoken by most people?

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Indo-European

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The theory that Colin Renfrew argues that the proto Indo-European languages diffused from Anatolia from agricultural practices 

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Sedentary Farmer Thesis

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a language developed from a mixture of different languages, usually through colonization.

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creole language

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the language used by the government for laws, reports, and public objects, such as road signs, money, and stamps...

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official language

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Why is English the official language in 56 countries?

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Colonization

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A regional variation of a standard language is called a: accent, dialect, isogloss, lingua franca

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dialect

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A word-usage boundary is known as an _______________, Look at all the names for soft-drink in the USA

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isogloss

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The Italian language varies significantly between Milan, Rome, Naples, and Palermo. These varieties are examples of

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dialects