Rubenstein-Chapter 5: Language Flashcards

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British Received Pronunciation (BRP)

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The dialect of English associated with upper-class Britons living in London and now considered standard in the United Kingdom.

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Creole or Creolized Language

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A language that results from the mixing of a colonizer’s language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated.

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Denglish

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Combination of German and English.

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Dialect

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A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocab, spelling, and pronunciation.

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Ebonics

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Dialect spoken by some African Americans.

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Extinct Language

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A language that was once used by people in daily activities but is no longer used.

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Franglais

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A term used by the French for English words that have entered the French language; a combination of francais and anglais, the French words for “French” and “English”, respectively.

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Ideograms

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The system of writing used in China and other East Asian countries in which each symbol represents and idea or a concept rather than a specific sound, as is the case with letters in English.

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Isogloss

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A boundary that separates regions in which different language uses predominate.

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Isolated Language

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A language that is unrelated to any other languages and therefore not attached to any language family.

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Language

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A system of communication through the use of speech, a collection of sounds understood by a group of people to have the same meaning.

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Language Branch

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A collection of languages related through a common ancestor that existed several thousand years ago.

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Language Family

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A collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history.

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Language Group

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A collection of languages with a branch that share a common origin in the relatively recent past and display relatively few differences in grammar and vocabulary.

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Lingua Franca

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A language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages.

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Literary Tradition

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A language that is written as well as spoken.

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Official Language

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The language adopted for use by the government for the conduct of business and publication of documents.

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Pidgin Language

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A form of speech that adopts a simplified grammar and limited vocabulary of a lingua franca; used for communications among speakers of two different languages.

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Spanglish

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Combination of Spanish and English, spoken by Hispanic Americans.

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Standard Language

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The form of a language used for official government business, education, and mass communications.

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Vulgar Latin

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A form of Latin used in daily conversation by ancient Romans, as opposed to the standard dialect, which was used for official documents.