APHG Chapter 5 – Flashcards
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The geographic study of the distribution of languages provides a good example of
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the interplay between globalization and local diversity
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A literary tradition is
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the written form of a language
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________ is to Canada as ________ is to the United States
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French; Spanish
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A form of a language spoken in a local area is a
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dialect
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All but which are true about the English language?
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It is an isogloss
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Both the Angles and the Normans contributed to the development of the English language, because they
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invaded England
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English is the most important language in North America primarily because of
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the diffusion of English colonies
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Dialects developed within England primarily because
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different Germanic invaders settled in different regions
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British and American English differ in all but which of the following?
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alphabet
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An isogloss is
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a boundary between language regions
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When people who speak a given language migrate to a different location and become isolated from other members of their group
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isolation usually results in the differentiation of one language into two
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The main difference between languages in the same family, branch, or group is how
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recently in time the languages were once the same
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A group of languages that share a common origin but have since evolved into individual languages is a
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language branch
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A group of languages that share a common ancestor before recorded history is
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language family
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The second-largest language family is
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Sino-Tibetan
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Which of the following is not a Romance language?
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Bulgarian
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The most widely spoken language in Brazil is
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Portuguese
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A creolized language is
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a mix of indigenous and colonial languages
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The most widely spoken Indo-European language is
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English
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The four most frequently spoken branches of Indo-European include all but
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Celtic
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The two most important languages in South America are
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Portuguese and Spanish
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Russian is part of what language branch?
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Balto-Slavic
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Celtic languages
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- were threatened by extinction in England. - are still spoken by people in France. - have been revived in some parts of the British Isles. - have an extensive body of literature.
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Marija Gimbutas' theory points to the first speakers of the Indo-European language as the ancient
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Kurgans
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According to Colin Renfrew's Anatolian hearth theory, Indo-European language s diffused
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with the diffusion of agriculture
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The two largest language families in the world are
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Sino-Tibetan and Indo-European
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When languages are depicted as leaves on trees, the roots of the trees below the surface
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possible prehistoric superfamilies
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English is part of which language group?
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West Germanic
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English is part of which language branch?
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Germanic
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English is part of which language family?
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Indo-European
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Which group of the Germanic family is extinct?
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East Germanic
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The Icelandic language has changed less than any other Germanic language because of
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Iceland's relative isolation from other places
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The language family encompassing the languages of the People's Republic of China is
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Sino-Tibetan
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The language spoken by the greatest number of native speakers in the world is
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Mandarin
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Chinese is written in the form of
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ideograms
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The large number of individual languages documented in Africa has resulted primarily from
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thousands of years of isolation between tribal groups
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The most important language family in Sub-Saharan Africa is
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Niger-Congo
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African languages are distinguished by the fact that
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linguists continue to add newly discovered languages to the African list
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Hebrew is an example of
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a revived language
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The Flemings and Walloons live in what country?
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Belgium
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The survival of any language relies on
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the political and military strength of its speakers
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The Flemings and Walloons speak languages belonging to different
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language branches
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Official languages in Switzerland include all but which of the following?
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Flemish
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A pidgin language
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has no native speakers
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Basque is a good example of a(n)
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isolated language
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Basque is spoken primarily in
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the Pyrenees Mountains
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A lingua franca is
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a language that is mutually understood by people who have different native languages
