CHAPTER 8 REVIEW A GEOGRAPHY OF LANGUAGE
UNIT 3 OVERARCHING Q How does one know they have CULTURE?
CH 8 Guiding Q What effect(s) does Language have on Culture?
What is LANGUAGE??? How / Why does it change??? Old Words??? New Words???
Do you Know Origins of… “Break a Leg.” “Mind your P’s and Q’s.” “Mind your own Beeswax.” “Its Raining Cats & Dogs.” “Go to a Wake.” “Graveyard Shift.”
Language is at the Heart of Culture Can Culture exist w/out Language???
STANDARD LANGUAGE Vs. OFFICIAL LANGUAGE USA??? Why DO??? Why NOT DO???
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Spoken in USA
DIALECTS “You all” = “Y’all” in TX “Oil” in NE might sound like “Ahhill” in the South Roof vs. Ruff??? Bagel vs. Begel??? Route (Rowt) or Route (Root)??? Loyer or Law-yer “Nuclear” vs. “Nuculer”???
USA vs. ENGLAND English… REsearch vs. reSEARCH GaRAge vs. GAR…rarge Sch (k) edule vs. S(hhh)edule
More USA v. England English Thank You = Cheers! Gas = Petrol Bathroom = Loo / Water Closet Body Shop (Mechanic) = Garage Garage = Carport
ISOGLOSS Linguistic Feature Boundary Say “Dinner” in N. IL, but in S. IL… say “Supper” in S. IL Say “Water Fountain” in IL, but in WI… It’s a “Bubbler”
WORLD LANGUAGES Language Family – Way to group languages thought to have shared, but distant origins Evolved with different characteristics
Language Family Origins
INDO-EUROPEAN FAMILY More people speak a language from this one family than any other English, Spanish, German, Russian, French Most Spoken language however???
CH 8 Guiding Q What effect does Language have on Culture?
MORE FAMOUS ENGLISH SAYINGS Where did they ever come from???
“Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water.”
“Its raining cats and dogs.”
“Dirt poor.” “The Threshold.”
“Go to a wake.”
“Chew the fat.”
“The Graveyard Shift.” “Saved by the Bell.”
“Ring around the Rosie, Pockets full of Posies, Ashes, Ashes, We all fall DOWN!”
RING AROUND THE ROSIE POCKETS FULL OF POSIES ASHES, ASHES The red rash sign of the plague infection POCKETS FULL OF POSIES Breathe the flower scent, cover dead bodies smell ASHES, ASHES Burned bodies so all could fit in the graveyard WE ALL FALL DOWN!!! 1/3 of Europe died