AP HuG Chapter 5 Key Issue 3 – Flashcards
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Dialects are distinguishes by what three factors?
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Spelling, vocabulary, and pronounciation
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Dialect
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Regional variations of a language
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Isogloss
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An isogloss is a boundary that separates regions in which different language uses predominate.
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People from all three eastern regions (New England, Southeastern, Midlands) migrated into the Midwest, Great Plains and Western United States. Why is there a relatively uniform form of English (dialect) spoken across this enormous area?
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The migration and mobility of Americans allowed for a uniform dialect to spread across the country.
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What is the standard language for of English? What 3 cities did it come from? How was it diffused throughout Britain?
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The Standard English language is British Received Pronunciation (BRP). It came from London, Cambridge, and Oxford. It spread through hierarchical diffusion in the upper-class of English society. Grammar books and dictionaries were printed using Received Pronunciation in 1476 when the printing press was introduced. these books quickly diffused throughout Britain.
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Why is American English different from that spoken in England?
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Isolation
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Why don't people in the United States speak "proper" English?
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People in the United States don't speak "proper" English because American English has different spelling, vocabulary, and pronunciation than "proper" English. Colonists who migrated to the Americas were lower class and poorly educated, so they developed their own dialect which they brought with them.
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Why do nearly 90% of Spanish & Portuguese speakers live outside of Europe?
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Nearly 90% of Spanish & Portuguese speakers live outside of Europe because of the colonial activities of their European speakers. (Spanish and Portuguese explorers sailed to the Americas in the 1400s, claiming foreign lands for their home countries and diffusing their language throughout their conquered lands.)
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Why is it difficult to distinguish individual languages from dialects?
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It is difficult to distinguish individual languages from dialects because people choose to believe that their languages are distinct, and won't connect their language to its family.
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Creolized language
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A language that results from the mixing of a colonizer's language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated.
