1. Language

2. language Part of culture Literary tradition
Official versus unofficial languages
dialects

3. english Standard language Dialects in Britain
Northern
East midland
West midland
Southwestern
southeastern
London and Cambridge preferred

4. British versus American english
Vocabulary
From natives
Moose, raccoon, chipmunk
Canoe, moccasin, squash
New inventions
Lift vs elevator
Torch vs flashlight
Hood vs bonnet
Trunk vs boot
Spelling
pronunciation

5. American English Eastern Dialects
Northern
Midlands
southern
Isogloss (word usage boundary)
Due to differences in original settlers
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13. Language families

14. Indo-european Germanic Romantic Balto-Slavic Indo-Iranian
Common roots: beech, oak, bear, dear, pheasant, bee, mother
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15. Indo-European hearth

16. Language families cont.

17. Multilingual states
Impact on culture?
Belgium
Nigeria
canada

18. Lingua franca Latin English today Pidgin
Spanglish (in us, Hispanic Spanish & American English)

19. Extinct and revived languages
Gothic
Native American languages (over 500 to 57)
Latin
Hebrew
Celtic
Basque
icelandic

20. Finno-ugric language (Samoyed family)