Test 3 Review

Test 3 Review Please remember that the goal of the exam is not to trick you, but for me to evaluate how the learning in the class has gone. Study the points below, and then relax and do your best. If you feel stressed it is my fault not yours. Please ask any questions you may have, at any time. The purpose of this review is to help you study and remember the things we have learned. Not all of these questions may appear on the exam. D EFINITION , F ACTS , AND S HORT A NSWER P ROMPTS L ANGUAGE IN THE S OCIAL W ORLD 1. Define idiolect, register, dialect, style and language 2. Define language ideology 3. Define codeswitching 4. What is the difference between correlational and constructive approaches to language and identity? Give examples. 5. Name some English dialects. 6. What is an isogloss? 7. Community of Practice L ANGUAGE C HANGE 1. Synchronic vs. diachronic linguistics 2. Language family 3. Comparative Method 4. Proto-language 5. Name and define some types of linguistics changes (such as weakening, strengthening, amelioration, pejoration, shift, etc.) 6. Draw a diagram of the Great Vowel shift and explain why it is important 7. In general terms what is Grimm’s Law L ANGUAGE C ONTAC T 1. Loanword 2. Language borrowing 3. Language Area 4. Diffusion 5. Linguistic exogamy 6. Linguistic diversity 7. Diglossia 8. Pidgin 9. Creole P ROBLEM S OLVING P RACTICE 1. Review the problems where we used the comparative method to reconstruct a Proto- language and list the sound change