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How do Languages Diffuse?

Key Question 3:. How do Languages Diffuse?. How do Languages Diffuse?. human interaction print distribution migration trade rise of nation-states colonialism. Spatial Interaction helps create:. Lingua franca –

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How do Languages Diffuse?

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  1. Key Question 3: How do Languages Diffuse?

  2. How do Languages Diffuse? • human interaction • print distribution • migration • trade • rise of nation-states • colonialism

  3. Spatial Interaction helps create: • Lingua franca – A language used among speakers of different languages for the purposes of trade and commerce. • Pidgin language – a language created when people combine parts of two or more languages into a simplified structure and vocabulary. • Creole language – a pidgin language that has developed a more complex structure and vocabulary and has become the native language of a group of people.

  4. Monolingual State a country in which only one language is spokenMultilingual State a country in which more than one language is in useOfficial Languageshould a multilingual state adopt an official language?

  5. Global LanguageIs a global language the principle language people use around the world in their day-to-day activities?ORIs a global language a common language for trade and commerce used around the world?

  6. Key Question 4: What Role does Language Play in Making Places?

  7. Place • Place – the uniqueness of a location, what people do in a location, what they create, how they impart a certain character, a certain imprint on the location by making it unique.

  8. Toponym • Toponym – a place name A toponym: • Imparts a certain character on a place • Reflects the social processes in a place • Can give us a glimpse of the history of a place

  9. American Toponyms Themes: • Descriptive (Rocky Mountains) • Associative (Mill Valley, CA) • Commemorative (San Francisco) • Commendatory (Paradise Valley, AZ) • Reflect Incidents (Battle Creek, MI) • Claim of Possession (Johnson City, TX) • Folk Culture (Plains, Georgia) • Manufactured (Truth or Consequences, NM) • Mistakes (Lasker, NC – named after Alaska) • Shift Names (Lancaster, England to Lancaster, PA)

  10. Changing Toponyms • When people change the toponym of a place, they have the power to “wipe out the past and call forth the new.” - Yi-Fu Tuan

  11. Changing Toponyms • Major reasons people change toponyms: • After decolonization • After a political revolution • To memorialize people or events • To commodify or brand a place

  12. Martin Luther King, Jr. Streets Geographer Derek Alderman asks: * Where are MLK streets? * Why are they where they are? * What controversies surround memorializing MLK with a street name?

  13. Where are MLK Streets in the US?

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