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Language Project. Human Geography. English developed as a distinct language of England as a result of migration and isolation from Germans . Hist or y. Diffusion of English. British Colonization/ Force/ Trade/ Lingua Franca. Where english is spoken .
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Language Project Human Geography
English developed as a distinct language of England as a result of migration and isolation from Germans. History
Diffusion of English British Colonization/ Force/ Trade/ Lingua Franca
English is a branch of the Indo-European language family • http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/lrc/general/IE.html
West Germanic Group 1. Has English as one language in it. (in Germanic Branch) It is further divided up into the low west Germanic subgroup (English) Other languages from this Group include German, Dutch, Afrikaans, and Yiddish . • Romantic Group: • This is a branch and a group. • It includes the main romantic languages: (1) Spanish, (2)Portuguese, (3) French, and (4)Italian. • “Romantic” comes from the Romans- all Romantic languages developed from Latin. • French sing language was created by Charles-Michel de l'Épée , and the American Sign language system was created by Laurent Clerc Language Group Key: - Low German - English Romantic Languages around the world Map where West Germanic languages began.
United Kingdom Dialects (English) http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/dialectsofenglish.html Dialect consists of three different factors: 1.Vocabulary 2.Pronunciation 3. Spelling
United States Dialects Dialect Consists of 3 Main components: Pronunciation Spelling Vocabulary Pronunciation: In Pittsburgh, people pronounce steal and meal like stiland mil. Spelling: In NY, districts spell theater as theatre we spell it as theater. Vocabulary: While Bostonians refer to soda as pop, we Floridians refer to soda as soda.