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Chapter 5 Vocab
Chapter 5 Vocab- Language
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Creole (Creolized) Language | A language that results from the mixing of a colonizer's language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated. |
| Denglish | A combination of Deutsch (German) and English |
| Developing Language | A language spoken in daily use with a literary tradition that is not widely distributed yet. |
| Dialect | A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation. |
| Ebonic | A dialect spoken by some African Americans. |
| Extinct language | A language that was once used by people in daily activities but is no longer used. |
| Franglais | A combination of francais (French) and anglais (English) |
| Institutional language | A language used in education, work, mass media, and government. |
| Isogloss | A boundary that separates regions in which different language uses predominate. |
| Isolated language | A language that is unrelated to any other languages and therefore not attached to any language family. |
| Language | A system of communication through the use of speech, a collection of sounds understood by a group of people to have the same meaning. |
| Language branch | A collection of languages related through a common ancestor that can be confirmed through archaeological evidence |
| Language family | A collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history. |
| Language group | A collection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in the relatively recent past and display relatively few differences in grammar and vocabulary. |
| Lingua franca | A language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages. |
| Literary tradition | A language that is written as well as spoken |
| Logogram | A symbol that represents a word rather than a sound. |
| Official language | The language adopted for use by a government for the conduct of business and publication of documents |
| Pidgin language | A form of speech that adopts simplified grammar and limited vocabulary of a lingua franca; used for communications among speakers of two different languages. |
| Received Pronunciation (RP) | The dialect of English associated with upper-class Britons living in London and now considered standard in the UK |
| Spanglish | The combination of Spanish and English spoken by Hispanic Americans. |
| Standard Language | The form of language used for official government business, education, and mass communications. |
| Subdialect | A subdivision of a dialect. |
| Vigorous Language | A language that is spoken in daily use but that lacks a literary tradition. |
| Vulgar Latin | A form of Latin used in daily conversation by ancient Romans, as opposed to the standard dialect, which was used for official documents. |
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