AP Human Geography Cultural Patterns and Processes Unit Language Overview AP Human Geography Cultural Patterns and Processes Unit
For today, 11/08 Summon thy winds of thee note-tays! Get out your cockney rhyme slang poems. Share with your group for five minutes.
Understanding Language Dialect = variant form of a language Example: English in US vs. English in the UK vs. English in Australia Lingua franca = language spoken between two speaker of different languages A speaks “A” and B speaks “B” and they communicate through “C” Isogloss = boundary that separates linguistic regions Official language vs. Standard language = officially adopted by government vs. not officially adopted by government
Understand: First-language speakers? Location? Demographic connections?
Classifying Languages World’s languages organized into: Language Families: collection of languages related through a common ancestral language Language Branches: collection of languages within a family related through a common ancestral language. Differences are not as significant or as old as between families. Language Groups: collection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in the relatively recent past and display similar grammar and vocabulary.
Classifying Languages: Language Language Group Language Branch Language Family
Your Assignment: Chapter 5, Key Issues 1 and 2 Outline