language ap human Flashcards

5556604936	agricultural theory	therory that explains how Proto Indo-European languages diffused into Europe said it occurred through the diffusion of agriculture each generation (25 years )the agricultural front tier moved approximately 11 miles	0
5556604937	conquest theory	One major theory of how Proto Indo-European language diffuse into Europe which holds that the earliest figures spread westward on horseback overpowering earlier in habitants and beginning the diffusion and differ ration of Indo-European tongues	1
5556604938	creole	and language derived from a pigdin that has acquired a fuller vocabulary and become the native language of it speakers	2
5556604939	dialect	A distinctive local or regional variant of a language that remains mutually intelligible others because of that language may have variance in accent grammar or vocabulary	3
5556604940	generic toponym	The descriptive part of many place names often repeated throughout a cultural area i.e. Ville berg river can distinguish one culture region from another intro diffusion patterns	4
5556604941	isolated language	A language that is unrelated to any other languages and therefore not attached to any language family	5
5556604942	Ideograms	The system of writing used in China and other East Asian countries in which each symbol represents an idea or concept rather than a specific sound as in the case with letters in English	6
5556604943	isoglosses	The border around an area of space where there is usage of an individual word pronunciation or other linguistic treat	7
5556604944	language branch/subfamily	within a language family a collection of languages related through a common origin existed several thousand's of years ago differences within this are not as extensive or his old with and language families	8
5556604945	language convergence	The collapsing of two languages into one resulting from the concert spatial interaction of peoples with different languages	9
5556604946	language divergence	A process whereby new languages are formed when a language breaks into Dylex due to lack of spatial interaction among speakers of the language and continued isolation eventually causes the diffusion of language into discrete/separate new languages	10
5556604947	language families	A collection of languages related through a common ancestral language that has existed long before recorded history	11
5556604948	language	in mutually agreed upon system of symbolic communication that has a spoken and usually written expression	12
5556604949	language replacement	language Shift, Sometimes referred to as a language transfer or asylum nation, is the progressive process whereby a speech community of a language shifts to is speaking a new language	13
5556604950	lingua Franca	A language mutually understood and commonly used for trade and communication by people who have different native languages	14
5556604951	linguistic refugee areas	an area that has rugged hills or mountains excessively cold or dry climates dense forest is a remote island or is a swampy and, as a result, protect minority language groups. Helps to isolate them from outside language influences and or conquers	15
5556604952	Monoglot	knowing only one language	16
5556604953	monolingual states	countries in which only one language is spoken by nearly everyone in the country few countries fit in this definition anymore I E Japan Venezuela Iceland in Poland	17
5556604954	multilingual states	countries in which more than one language is spoken ID Switzerland Belgium Kenya	18
5556604955	official language	in multilingual countries it is the language selected often by the educated and politically powerful elite to promote internal cohesion. Usually is the language of the government and court system. This language might reflect the countries colonial history	19
5556604956	pigdin language	is simplified language simple grammar and the limited vocabulary, mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages; this language is usually not the groups primary language	20
5556604957	polyglot	person who is able to speak or write in multiple languages	21
5556604958	Renfrew hypothesis	hypotheses that proposes that three areas in and near the first agricultural her, the for tile Crescent, gave rise to three language families.	22
5556604959	reverse reconstruction	process of tracing a language is diffusion. The process begins with the most recent places of the languages existence and move backward third time, comparing geographic places in groups of people using the same or similar words.	23
5556604960	shatterbelts	is zone of great cultural complexity containing many small cultural group to speak a diverse languages are you Himalayas Alps caucuses	24
5556604961	Standard language	A language substantilly uniform with respect to spelling grammar and pronunciation and vocabulary and representing the approved community norm of the tongue	25
5556604962	toponym	A place name. Language ethnicity can influence it	26
5556604963	language group	A collection of languages within a branch/sub family that share a common origin in the relativity recent past and display many similarities in grammar and vocabulary.	27