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Chapter5 Rubenstein
Chapter 5 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| British Received Pronunciation (BRP) | A particular dialect of England, the one associated with upper |
| Creole | Defined as a language that result from the mixing of the colonizer’s language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated |
| Dialect | A regional variation of a language distinguished by distinctive vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation |
| Ebonics | The dialect of many African Americans |
| Extinct Language | Languages once spoken but no loner are or read in daily activities by anyone in the world |
| Franglais | The widespread use of English in the French language |
| Ideograms | Characters that represent ideas or concepts, not specific pronunciations |
| Isogloss | Word usage boundary |
| Isolated Language | A language unrelated to any other and therefore not attached to any language family |
| Language | A system of communication through speech, a collection of sounds that a group of people understand to have the same meaning |
| Language Branch | A collection of languages related through a common ancestor that existed several thousand years ago, within a language family |
| Language Family | A collection of languages related through a common ancestor that existed 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 of international communication Literary Tradition |
| Official Language | A language used by the government for laws, reports, and public objects, such as raod signs, money, and stamps |
| Pidgin Language | A simplified form of a lingua franca |
| Spanglish | A combination of Spanish and English |
| Standard Language | A dialect that is well established and widely recognized as the most acceptable for government, business, education, and mass communication |
| Vulgar Latin | Latin that people in the provinces learned was not the standard literary form but a spoken form |
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