Language and Language Use

The current distribution of languages around the world is largely a result of

• social media

• the Internet

• Rosetta Stone sales

• migration

• high school requirements to learn a second language

A lingua franca is

• an English word that has entered the French language

• a language understood by people who have different native languages

• an extinct language that has been revived

• an official language in a region of the world different from where the language originated

• a language used by French colonial administrations

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

• vigorous language.

• isogloss.

• developing language.

• dialect.

• official language.

Hebrew is an example of

• an isolated language.

• an extinct language.

• a revived language.

• a language family.

• an Altaic language.

language is important to culture because

• it is the main determinant of popular and folk culture

• it is the means of spreading cultural ideas

• it is not important to culture

• it only belongs to folk culture

• it only spreadsthrough contagious diffusion

Variants of a standard language along regional or ethnic lines are called...

• dialects

• standard language

• dialect chains

• language family

What caused the distribution of English language speakers throughout the world?

• Native English Speakers

• British colonization

• Decision to make English the lingua franca

• U.S. World dominance

A nation in which many languages are spoken. In Switzerland 4 Official Languages are used.

• Monolingual

• Bi-lingual

• Multilingual

• Indo-European

This Romance Language would dominate the highlighted regions.

• English

• Spanish

• French

• Italian

English has achieved unprecedented acceptance globally due to

• the refusal to use English in colonial and imperial expansion.

• the diffusion of command economies across much of the world.

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

• the rise of folk culture and the decline of popular culture.

• the diffusion of religion to industrialized nations.