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AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; CHAPTER 4 EXAM QUESTIONS AND WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
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AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; CHAPTER 4 EXAMQUESTIONS AND WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
Creole - Answer A language formed by combining a colonizer's language with the
indigenous language of the ruled people.
Dialect - Answer A regional variant of a language characterized by vocabulary,
spelling, and pronunciation.
Ebonics - ANSWER A dialect used by some African Americans.
extinct language - answer A language that was formerly widely spoken but is no
longer used.
ISOGLOSS - ANSWER A barrier that separates areas with diverse language
usages.
Isolated language - ANSWER A.K.A. language isolate; A language that is
unrelated to any other languages and so does not belong to any language family.
Language - ANSWER A speech-based communication system, consisting of a
collection of sounds that all have the same meaning to a group of individuals.
Language branch - ANSWER A group of languages related by a common ancestor
that lived several thousand years ago. Differences are not as large or long-lasting as
those found in language families, and archaeological evidence confirms that the
branches are descended from the same family.
Language Family - ANSWER A collection of languages that shared a common
ancestor long before recorded history.
, Language Group - ANSWER A group of languages within a branch that originated
very recently and have few distinctions in syntax and vocabulary.
Lingua Franca - ANSWER A language that is mutually understood and widely
used in trade by persons from various original languages.
literary tradition -- ANSWER A written and spoken language.
Official Language - ANSWER The language that the government uses to do
business and publish documents.
Standard language - ANSWER The type of language used for official government
business, education, and public communication.
pidgin language - answer A kind of speech that uses a lingua franca's simplified
syntax and limited vocabulary to communicate between speakers of two distinct
languages.
Received Pronunciation (RP) - Answer The English dialect associated with
upper-class Britons residing in London, which is currently considered mainstream
in the UK.
Spanglish - Answer. Hispanic Americans speak a blend of Spanish and English.
Vulgar Latin - Answer In contrast to the standard dialect, which was used for
official papers, ancient Romans spoke a type of Latin in their daily talks.
An accent is a distinct method of speaking a language, particularly one connected
with a specific country, locality, or socioeconomic class.
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