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Dr. Seiler's Class Chapter 5-Language

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show a system of communication through speech, a collection of sounds that a group of people understands to have the same meaning.  
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Literary Tradition   show
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show language used by the government for law, reports, and public objects such as road signs, money and stamps.  
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Origin of English in England   show
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Dialect   show
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Standard Language   show
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Differences between British and American English   show
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show East: Northern, Midland and Southern. Ex: Bucket in the South and Midlands vs. Pail in the North Pronunciation Differences: Southern dialect split words like "half" into 2 syllables "ha-af"  
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Isogloss   show
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Language Family   show
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Language Branch   show
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Language Group   show
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show spoken form of Latin  
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show languages that were once used, even in the recent past, but no longer spoken or read in daily activities by anyone in the world.  
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Reviving Extinct Languages   show
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show a language unrelated to any other and therefore not attached to any language family.  
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show Southern Belgians (Walloons) speak French while northern Belgians (Flemings) speak Flemish, a dialect of Dutch. The isogloss sharply divides the country. Belgium is divided into 2 independent regions Flanders and Wallonia each electing their own assembly  
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Multilingual State: Switzerland   show
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