Chapter 5 Exam

The Chinese language has a distinct advantage in social media because

Chinese is today's lingua franca.

The three largest language families in Southeast Asia are

Sino-Tibetan, Tai, Austro-Asiatic

Many countries around the world, including Canada, have more than one official language. D. Discuss TWO reasons, other than language, why Canada does not fit the nation-state concept.

(1) In addition to having multiple languages, Canadian citizens come from many varied ethnic backgrounds, making it ill-matched to the nation-state concept. Canada has indigenous dwellers as well as a diverse immigrant population. The differences in these cultures prevents a homogenous identity from forming.(2) A similar reason that Canada is not a nation-state is its religious diversity. With Catholics, Protestants, Jews, Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists, and adherents to many other world religions, Canada lacks a single religious guiding force like that of pre-WWII Japan. Diversity of religions has led to a secular government which does not prevent a nation-state from forming, but it has impeded the total cultural unity expected of a nation-state.

Using the map above, the Germanic invaders of England included which groups or tribes?

Angles, Jutes, and Saxons.

Which of the following is NOT true regarding language families?

Arabic and Farsi are considered the same language

Russian is part of what language branch?

Balto-Slavic

Many countries around the world, including Canada, have more than one official language. C. Explain how bilingualism can have a negative impact on a country.

Bilingualism also serves as a centrifugal force, one that prevents national unity among Canadian citizens. Because French speakers are a minority in Canada, they can feel discriminated against. In the past this has led to calls for Quebec to secede from Canada and form an independent nation. This lack of Canadian unity is damaging because it encourages a negative attitude towards the central government which can disrupt progress toward political or social goals.

Many countries around the world, including Canada, have more than one official language. B. Explain how bilingualism can have a positive impact on a country.

Bilingualism can positively enhance a country by enhancing economic opportunities for international trade. Because many Canadians speak French, for instance, communicating with individuals in countries such as France, Senegal, or Morocco is easier, and imports and exports can be efficiently handled with these trade partners. At the same time, the fluent English speakers can coordinate trade with the United States, Great Britain, and Australia, maximizing the number of trade relationships Canada can have.

Using the map above, observe that an Indo-European language is chiefly spoken in which of these countries?

Bulgaria

Which of the following is NOT a Romance language?

Bulgarian

The first speakers of the language that evolved into English were tribes that lived in present-day

Denmark.

In fourteenth century England, the Statute of Pleading of 1362 represents a move to change the official language from ________ to English.

French

While Hindi is India's official language, this language is a secondary official language.

English

Which statement best describes the use of English on the Internet?

English has become less dominant but is still the leading Internet language.

English is part of which language branch?

Germanic

Scandinavian languages such as Norwegian and Swedish all derive from which Indo-European language branch?

Germanic

While other influences continue today, English has its primary roots in

Germanic and Danish influences.

Which of the following is NOT true?

English is not the official language of the United Kingdom or Australia.

The most widely spoken Indo-European language is

English.

Using the map above, observe that Uralic speakers dominate

Finland

Using the map above, observe that England was invaded by tribes from

Germanic-speaking countries.

Which language is NOT a romance language

Greek

The most widely spoken language in the world today is

Mandarin (Chinese)

Using the map above, observe that the most important language family in Sub-Saharan Africa is

Niger-Congo

Which of the following is NOT true as to why American and British English is different?

Noah Webster's agenda sought to preserve the pronunciation of "proper" English.

In England, its standard language is known as

Received Pronunciation (RP).

Unlike the Slavic languages which split into three branches, Romance languages form one branch because

Romance languages derive from a single root language, Latin.

Colin Renfrew's research constitutes much of the ________ Hypothesis.

Sedentary Farmer

Many countries around the world, including Canada, have more than one official language. A. Identify the primary language spoken by most inhabitants in the shaded area on the map.

The shaded region on the map of Canada is Quebec, a province where many inhabitants speak French as a primary language.

Using the map above, the second most widely spoken language family in Europe is

Uralic

The language spoken by soldiers stationed throughout the Roman Empire was known as

Vulgar Latin.

English is part of which language family?

West Germanic

Using the above map, observe that the Dutch language is from the branch of Indo-European known as

West Germanic

Which of the following is TRUE about Korean?

Written Korean has a letter for each sound.

An isogloss is

a boundary between language regions.

A lingua franca is

a language understood by people who have different native languages.

British and American English differ in all but which of the following?

alphabet

Official languages

are used by the government to conduct public and legislative business.

On the continent of Africa, the great number of languages results from

at least 5,000 years of minimal interaction among the thousands of culture groups.

The large number of individual languages documented in Africa has resulted primarily from

thousands of years of isolation between cultural groups.

A regional variation of a language including a distinctive vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation of words is called a(n)

dialect.

Dialects developed within England primarily because

different Germanic and Danish invaders settled in different regions.

The dominance of English as an international language has facilitated

diffusion of popular culture, science, and international trade.

India's 22 so-called scheduled languages are representative of India's

encouragement of teaching and use of these languages.

A pidgin language

has no native speakers.ll

Franglais, Denglish, and Spanglish represent

he infusion of English into French, German and Spanish and subsequent development of new words.

Using the map above, observe that every European country is dominated by Indo-European speakers except

hungary, estonia, and finland

Both the Angles and the Normans contributed to the development of the English language, because they

invaded England.

The line which demarcates the pronunciation of "about" and "a-boot" is called an

isogloss.

When people who speak a given language migrate to a different location and become isolated from other members of their group

isolation usually results in the differentiation of one language into dialects, followed eventually by two distinct languages.

All of the following describe the English language EXCEPT

it uses logograms.

English has achieved unprecedented acceptance globally due to

its role as the common language of a global economy and culture.

The English language is a "second" or "third" language in many regions where it is used as a(n)

lingua franca.

Chinese is traditionally written in the form of

logograms.

Using the map above, what explains the Austronesian language family in Africa's east coast island nations and in Indonesia?

migration

English is the most important language in North America primarily because of

the diffusion of English colonies.

The Nomadic Warrior Theory and the Sedentary Farmer Theory have been developed to explain the common ancestry of

the non-Romance branches of Indo-European languages.

Franglais is

the use of English in the French language.

Romance branch languages have achieved worldwide importance because

they closely approximate English in grammar and vocabulary.

The Kurgans, identified as the first Proto-Indo-European speakers by archaeologist Marija Gimbutas

were herders from the steppes of today's Russia and Kazakhstan.

According to Colin Renfrew's research, Indo-European languages diffused across Europe

with the diffusion of agriculture.