Exploring Culture: Language Answers

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Explain how Quebecois French developed.

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Explain how the official language of South Africa changed between 1600 and 2009.

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Explain how Haitian Creole developed.

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The best way to describe language convergence is as __________.

the loss of a language because of lack of use

the creation of a new language out of two or more languages

the loss of two distinct languages when they blend into one

the breakup of a language into dialects and distinct languages

The Romance subfamily of the Indo-European language family includes __________.

English, German, and Dutch

Spanish, French, and Portuguese

Russian, Polish, and Slovak

Bengali, Hindi, and Panjabi

Syntax refers to the __________.

grammatical rules of a language

rules about which regions a language can be used in

rules for deriving meaning from a language

linguistic structures common to several languages

What is an accent?

different meanings for the same word

a variation in the pronunciation of the same word

a distortion in the pronunciation of the same word

different words that have the same meaning

Compare and contrast the terms "accent" and "dialect."

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The Indo-European languages are believed to have originated __________.

near the Fertile Crescent

around the Alps

on the Indian subcontinent

around the Caucasus Mountains

The best way to describe language divergence is as __________.

the loss of a language because of lack of use

the creation of new language out of two or more languages

the loss of a two distinct languages when they blend into one

the breakup of a language into dialects and distinct languages

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