Unit 3 AP HUGE

Why is English related to other languages?

• Because of the Germanic Invasion of Great Britain

• Because of the Norman Invasion of Iceland

• Because Celtic is an ancient language

• All answers are correct

Why do people speak English in the U.S.?

• It is the lingua franca.

• Spanish colonialism

• Relocation & hierachical diffusion

• The Norman Invasion of Nova Scotia

A lingua franca is

• a fancy French word added after the Norman Invasion

• a common language for all religions

• a common language used to facilitate business

• an old language that is the root of modern French

A force within a country that pulls the state apart, like having many languages and ethnicities:

• The one that is with you.

• Centripetal

• Centrifugal

• Brute

In England a sandwich is called a "cobb" in one place and a "butty" in another. This is an example of:

• pidgen language

• creole language

• regional dialects

• slanguagation

Do you speak a dialect of English?

• No

• Only when I'm alone

• Yes

• I can, but choose not to

A language isolate is

• Inaudible

• Only Basque

• A special sound spoken only in Hungarian

• a language unrelated to any other language

English belongs to which language family?

• Indo-Uralic

• Indo-European

• Afro-Asiatic

• Sino-Tibetan

Saving a dying language

• requires the internet

• can only be done by babies

• preserves culture

• is a highly paid career

Is it ever possible to revive a dying language?

• No, that would make it a zombie language.

• No, Israel tried with Hebrew but failed.

• Yes, Isreal did it with Hebrew.

• Yes, Dothraki was dead until the Game of Thrones.