1. November 8
Cannon

2. What does the Kurgan Hypothesis say?
Bellwork 11/14:
What does the Kurgan Hypothesis say?

3. Time Permitting: Instagram Project
Agenda:
Notes: Dialects
Time Permitting: Instagram Project
Homework:
Instagram Project, Study
Reminders:
Project Due: 11/19 or 11/20
Chapter 5 Exam: 11/19 or 11/20

4. You will be able to explain how dialects develop.
Objective:
You will be able to explain how dialects develop.

5. All the pandas in the world are on loan from China
Fun Fact:
All the pandas in the world are on loan from China

6. I. Dialects

7. Definitions:
Dialect: Regional variation of language with distinctive vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation
Isogloss: geographical boundary within which a particular linguistic feature occurs

8. 3. Accent: the way people speak and the way words are pronounced in different parts of the world

9. 4. Syntax: the arrangement of words and phrases 5
4. Syntax: the arrangement of words and phrases 5. Vernacular: the common language/dialect spoken by people

10. B. American Dialects
New England
Southern
Mid-Western
Western

11. 2. Current Dialect Differences
Most words specific to a dialect = rural life, food, or objects from daily life
Language differences greatest in rural areas
Mass media = fewer regionally distinctive words.

12. C. Dialects in the United Kingdom
Languages with multiple dialects often have a standard language
Standard language: most acceptable for government, business, education, and mass communication

13. D. American vs. British English
Vocabulary
Different climate and geography
Spelling
Noah Webster made English in America distinct
Orthography: conventional spelling of a language

14. D. American vs. British English
3. Pronunciation
Because of limited interaction
Phoneme: the sounds used distinguish one word from another,
Example:  p, b, d, and t in the English words pad, pat, bad, and bat.

15. E. Spanish and Portuguese
90% Spanish and Portuguese speakers don’t live in Europe
Spain and Portugal create official versions of their languages in the 1990’s

16. F. Creolized Language
Mix of colonizer’s language with the indigenous language (makes changes in grammar and adds words)
Haitian Creole

17. Describe how different dialects develop and use 2 examples.
Ticket Out the Door
Define dialect.
Describe how different dialects develop and use 2 examples.