Chapter 4 Vocab
Proto-language
A hypothetical common ancestral language of two or more living languages.
Creole language
A language of mixed origin that has developed from a complex blending of two parent languages that exists as a mother tongue for some part of population.
Pidgin language
A mixed language with a simplified grammar, typically borrowing its vocabulary from one language but its grammer from another.
Language
A system of communication consisting of sounds, words, and Grammer.
Patterned sounds or utterances that express meaning.
Call systems
Words in two languages that show the same systematic sound shifts as other words in the two language, usually interpreted by linguist as evidence for a common linguistic ancestry.
Cognate words
Philology
Comparative study of ancient texts and documents.
A language of mixed origin that has developed from a complex blending of two parent languages that exists as a mother tongue for some part of population.
Creole language
The systematic analysis and description of a language's sound system and grammer.
Descriptive linguistics
The study of how people classify things in the world, usually considering some range or set of meaning.
Ethnoscience
A system of communication consisting of sounds, words, and Grammer.
Language
Widespread assumption that people make about the relative sophistication and status of particular dialects and language.
Language ideology
The idea that people speaking different languages perceive or interpret the world differently because of difference in their languages.
Linguistic relativity
The structure of words and word formation in a language.
Morphology
Syntax
Pattern of word order used to form sentences and longer utterances in a language
Call systems
Patterned sounds or utterances that express meaning.
Comparative study of ancient texts and documents.
Philology
The systematic patterns of sounds in a language, also known as the language's sound system.
Phonology
A mixed language with a simplified grammar, typically borrowing its vocabulary from one language but its grammer from another.
Pidgin language
A hypothetical common ancestral language of two or more living languages.
Proto-language
The study of how socipcultrual context and norms shape language use and effects of the language use on the society.
Sociolinguistics
Stops
Sounds that are formed by closing of and reopening the oak cavity so that it stops the flow of air through the mouth such constants p, b, t, d, and g.
Sounds that are formed by closing of and reopening the oak cavity so that it stops the flow of air through the mouth such constants p, b, t, d, and g.
Stops
Pattern of word order used to form sentences and longer utterances in a language
Syntax
Linguistic relativity
The idea that people speaking different languages perceive or interpret the world differently because of difference in their languages.
Morphology
The structure of words and word formation in a language.
Ethnoscience
The study of how people classify things in the world, usually considering some range or set of meaning.
Sociolinguistics
The study of how socipcultrual context and norms shape language use and effects of the language use on the society.
Descriptive linguistics
The systematic analysis and description of a language's sound system and grammer.
Phonology
The systematic patterns of sounds in a language, also known as the language's sound system.
Language ideology
Widespread assumption that people make about the relative sophistication and status of particular dialects and language.
Cognate words
Words in two languages that show the same systematic sound shifts as other words in the two language, usually interpreted by linguist as evidence for a common linguistic ancestry.
