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WorksheetsChapter 18: Regional variation in language
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 12mins
differences resulting from change over a period of time
Linguistic geography
Diachronic variation
Synchronic variation
differences in language form found in different places at the same time
Prothesis
Dialect boundary
Synchronic variation
A semantic change in which the meaning of a word changes over time to become more encompassing: e.g., dog once meant a particular breed of dog.
Broadening
Narrowing
Prothesis
the study of the geographical distribution of linguistic features
DIalectology
Linguistic geography
Standard language
A semantic change in which the meaning of a word changes in time to become less encompassing: e.g., deer once meant 'animal.'
Prothesis
Narrowing
Broadening
A (a) : A way of pronouncing words that indicates the place of origin or social background of the speaker
D (a) : aspects of articulation, grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation that differ from Standard English
the variety of a language treated as the official language and used in public broadcasting, publishing and education
Language planning
Isoglass
Standard language
DIalectology
The study of regional differences in language
a line representing a set of isoglosses, used to separate one dialect area from another
aspects of articulation, grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation that differ from Standard English
d_____ b_____ :a line representing a set of isoglosses, used to separate one dialect area from another
(a)
Isoglass
a line representing a set of isoglosses, used to separate one dialect area from another
A line on a dialect map making the boundary between linguistic features
the gradual merging of one regional variety of a language into another
the ability to communicate in two languages
Bilingualism
Bidialectal
Bilingual
B (a) :being capable of speaking two dialects
rules and expectations by which a society guides the behavior of its members
Lexifier
Norms
Pidgin
a variety of a language that developed from a pidgin and is used as a first language by a population of native speakers
Creole
Creolization
Decreolization
Post-creole continuum
A situation where a language that has two forms, one a 'higher' and more prestigious form used by educated speakers in formal situations, and the other a 'lower', vernacular form used more commonly.
Monolingual
Diglossia
Pidgin
L______ P______ :choosing and developing an official language or languages for use in government and education
(a)
the range of varieties that evolves in communities where a creole is spoken, usually as a result of decreolization
Post-creole continuum
Dialect continuum
Decreolization
