1. CHAPTER 8 REVIEW A GEOGRAPHY OF LANGUAGE

2. UNIT 3 OVERARCHING Q
How does one know they have CULTURE?

3. CH 8 Guiding Q
What effect(s) does Language have on Culture?

4. What is LANGUAGE???
How / Why does it change???
Old Words???
New Words???

5. 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.”

6. Language is at the Heart of Culture
Can Culture exist w/out Language???

7. STANDARD LANGUAGE
Vs.
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
USA???
Why DO??? Why NOT DO???

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9. Spoken in USA

10. 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”???

18. USA vs. ENGLAND English…
REsearch vs. reSEARCH
GaRAge vs. GAR…rarge
Sch (k) edule vs. S(hhh)edule

19. More USA v. England English
Thank You =
Cheers!
Gas =
Petrol
Bathroom =
Loo / Water Closet
Body Shop (Mechanic) =
Garage
Garage =
Carport

20. 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”

26. WORLD LANGUAGES
Language Family – Way to group languages thought to have shared, but distant origins
Evolved with different characteristics

28. Language Family Origins

29. INDO-EUROPEAN FAMILY
More people speak a language from this one family than any other
English, Spanish, German, Russian, French
Most Spoken language however???

37. CH 8 Guiding Q
What effect does Language have on Culture?

38. MORE FAMOUS ENGLISH SAYINGS
Where did they ever come from???

39. “Don’t throw the baby out with
the bath water.”

41. “Its raining cats and dogs.”

43. “Dirt poor.”
“The Threshold.”

45. “Go to a wake.”

47. “Chew the fat.”

49. “The Graveyard Shift.”
“Saved by the Bell.”

51. “Ring around the Rosie,
Pockets full of Posies,
Ashes, Ashes,
We all fall DOWN!”

53. 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