geography of language - denton isdlinguistic majorities •worldwide over 3000 different languages...
TRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: Geography of Language - Denton ISDLinguistic Majorities •Worldwide over 3000 different languages spoken –50% speaks the top 12 languages –Mandarin has the most –English is](https://reader034.vdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022042114/5e912aa4ffb5ad39e55955fa/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Geography of Language
![Page 2: Geography of Language - Denton ISDLinguistic Majorities •Worldwide over 3000 different languages spoken –50% speaks the top 12 languages –Mandarin has the most –English is](https://reader034.vdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022042114/5e912aa4ffb5ad39e55955fa/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Defining Language
• Pronunciation and combination of words used to communicate within a group of people
– Dialects: Minor variations of a language
– Lingua franca: Current language of international discourse
![Page 3: Geography of Language - Denton ISDLinguistic Majorities •Worldwide over 3000 different languages spoken –50% speaks the top 12 languages –Mandarin has the most –English is](https://reader034.vdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022042114/5e912aa4ffb5ad39e55955fa/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Isogloss
• Geographic Boundaries of a language
– Defined by linguists who determine differing speech patterns
• Ex. “you guys” vs. y’all
![Page 4: Geography of Language - Denton ISDLinguistic Majorities •Worldwide over 3000 different languages spoken –50% speaks the top 12 languages –Mandarin has the most –English is](https://reader034.vdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022042114/5e912aa4ffb5ad39e55955fa/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Pop vs. Soda
![Page 5: Geography of Language - Denton ISDLinguistic Majorities •Worldwide over 3000 different languages spoken –50% speaks the top 12 languages –Mandarin has the most –English is](https://reader034.vdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022042114/5e912aa4ffb5ad39e55955fa/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Linguistic Majorities
• Worldwide over 3000 different languages spoken
– 50% speaks the top 12 languages
– Mandarin has the most
– English is most widespread
![Page 6: Geography of Language - Denton ISDLinguistic Majorities •Worldwide over 3000 different languages spoken –50% speaks the top 12 languages –Mandarin has the most –English is](https://reader034.vdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022042114/5e912aa4ffb5ad39e55955fa/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Linguistic Development
• Protolanguage: Evolution of current languages from a common root
• Language family: Languages related by descent from a common protolanguage – Members of the same language family may not be
mutually intelligible • Cognates: Words with common etymological
origins – i.e. Tsar (Russians), Kaiser (German) from Caesar
(Latin) – Etymology: Study of word origins and changes
![Page 7: Geography of Language - Denton ISDLinguistic Majorities •Worldwide over 3000 different languages spoken –50% speaks the top 12 languages –Mandarin has the most –English is](https://reader034.vdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022042114/5e912aa4ffb5ad39e55955fa/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Evolution of Proto-Indo-European Language
![Page 8: Geography of Language - Denton ISDLinguistic Majorities •Worldwide over 3000 different languages spoken –50% speaks the top 12 languages –Mandarin has the most –English is](https://reader034.vdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022042114/5e912aa4ffb5ad39e55955fa/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Indo-European Linguistic Diffusion
![Page 9: Geography of Language - Denton ISDLinguistic Majorities •Worldwide over 3000 different languages spoken –50% speaks the top 12 languages –Mandarin has the most –English is](https://reader034.vdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022042114/5e912aa4ffb5ad39e55955fa/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Language Families
![Page 10: Geography of Language - Denton ISDLinguistic Majorities •Worldwide over 3000 different languages spoken –50% speaks the top 12 languages –Mandarin has the most –English is](https://reader034.vdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022042114/5e912aa4ffb5ad39e55955fa/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Language and Nation Building
• Official languages – Language in which
government business is conducted • Monolingual have
one official language while multilingual has more than one
• Postcolonial societies – Imposed official
languages by colonial ruler
![Page 11: Geography of Language - Denton ISDLinguistic Majorities •Worldwide over 3000 different languages spoken –50% speaks the top 12 languages –Mandarin has the most –English is](https://reader034.vdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022042114/5e912aa4ffb5ad39e55955fa/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
Toponymy
• The study of place names
• Consists of:
– Natural features
– Origins/values of inhabitants
– Belief structures, religions
– Current or past heroes
![Page 12: Geography of Language - Denton ISDLinguistic Majorities •Worldwide over 3000 different languages spoken –50% speaks the top 12 languages –Mandarin has the most –English is](https://reader034.vdocuments.net/reader034/viewer/2022042114/5e912aa4ffb5ad39e55955fa/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
Toponymy of Minnesota