1 - SauerAPHG



• The single most common variable by which different cultural groups are identified is language.

• Describe the characteristics of DIALECTS. Compare and Contrast.

• Significance of Swahili.

• Isogloss

• The largest and most dominant language family is _____________.

• Common Ancestry of language.

• The most widespread Semitic language with the greatest number of speakers is _________.

• List Semitic languages.

• Extinct Languages.

• Africa, south of the Sahara, is dominated by this language family.

• Austro-Asiatic languages.

• The Sino-Tibetan languages.

• Currently, Ebonics is spoken by about ___ percent of African-Americans.

• Linguistic divergence.

• English and French are spoken in many parts of Africa because of this reason.

• The fact that the Koran is a model for written Arabic demonstrates the cultural integration of language and ________.

• linguistic diffusion.

• linguistic preservation.

• national conflict.

• Give an example of a generic place name segment.

• Languages tend to form spatial groupings.

• A dialect is a variant form of a language.

• Pidgin can become a lingua franca when it becomes the language of commerce and communication over a large area.

• The largest language family is Indo-European.

• Korean and Japanese belong to the same language family as Chinese.

• Ebonics grew out of a pidgin language.

• The fact that the Inuit have many words for “seal” and the Japanese have many words for “rain” indicates the importance of these phenomena in these people’s lives.

• Language borders that cross plains and major routes of communication are frequently unstable.

• Written languages usually advance at the expense of languages spoken by illiterate cultures.

• When colonies became independent, they got rid of their colonially imposed Indo-European languages.

• Billboards and signs are cultural artifacts that provide visual evidence of many aspects of linguistic geography.

• custom.

• habit.

• Popular culture

• Folk culture

• Amish Culture

• Folk Songs

• Hip hop music

• Popular customs most frequently originate in __________.

• Sports diffusion—soccer, cricket.

• Terroir

• Taboo.

• What is significant about alcohol consumption in Utah.

• Uniform landscape.

• Fear of the dominance of Western Culture

• Dominance of the English Language.

• List the Germanic invaders of England.

• British and American English differences.

• language branch.

• language family.

• language group.

• language root.

• List of Romance languages

• Creolized languages.

• Urdu is the most important language of __________.

• According to Colin Renfrew's Anatolian hearth theory, how were Indo-European languages diffused across Europe?

• The two largest language families in the world are ________ & __________.

• Every European country is dominated by Indo-European speakers except _________.

• English is part of the ___________ language branch.

• The language spoken by the greatest number of native speakers in the world is __________.

• Chinese is written in the form of ___________.

• Basque

• What is significant about the use of English on the Internet?

Unit III FRQ’s

A. Directions: Answer the following FRQ in a well formed response, including details and examples to support your answer. Your response should be 2-3 paragraphs.

• How is popular culture contributing to the disintegration of folk culture around the world?

• Give 2 locations and explain the impact of pop culture and folk culture on each other in those locations.

• Why does the United States lack a distinct folk culture?

B. At the same time that English is solidifying its role as the world’s premier lingua franca, lesser-used minority languages (such as Welsh, Basque, and Inuktitut) are undergoing revival.

Discuss THREE distinct factors promoting the revival of minority languages in the face of globalization.

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