7735022513 | acculturation | a process of adjustment to the dominant cultre, while retaining features of a folk culture, or syncretism | 0 | |
7735059736 | assimilation | process of giving up cultural tradations, clothing, food, and adoption of th social customs of the dominant culture of the place. | 1 | |
7735204886 | syncretism | creation of a new cultural feature through combing elements of two groups | 2 | |
7790359542 | language | system of communication through speech, a collection of sounds that a group of people understands to have the same meaning | 3 | |
7790359543 | language family | Collection of languages related through a common ancestral language that existed long before recorded history | 4 | |
7790381934 | language group | selection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in the relatively recent past and display many similarities and grammar and vocabulary | 5 | |
7790381935 | lingua franca | language of international communication such as English | 6 | |
7790381936 | dialect | regional variation of language distinguished by distinctive vocabulary spelling and pronunciation | 7 | |
7790381937 | creole | A language that results from the mixing of colonizers language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated | 8 |
AP Unit 3 vocab Flashcards
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