AP HUG - Language Ch 5 - 2018 Flashcards
Language
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| 10070796960 | Dialect | A regional variation of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation, particular to a specific region or social group. |  | 0 |
| 10070796966 | Language | The method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way. |  | 1 |
| 10070796968 | Language Family | A collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history. The trunk of the language tree, from which language branches come from. |  | 2 |
| 10070796971 | Lingua Franca | A Language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages (currently English worldwide). |  | 3 |
| 14380317511 | Creolization | foreign influences are absorbed and integrated with local meanings | 4 | |
| 14380321670 | Indo-European | A large language family of hundreds of languages, including English. | 5 |