Chapter 5 Language

Language is an important part of culture. It is the means through which other cultural values, such as religion and ethnicity, are communicated. Language is a source of pride to a people, a symbol of cultural unity. As a culture develops, language is both a cause of that development and a consequence. 

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Weekly Objectives

Key Issue 5.1: Where are languages distributed?

Objectives:

• Understand how languages are classified.
• Identify the world’s largest language families.
• Identify the distribution of Indo-European and Sino Tibetan, the two largest families.
• Identify the distribution of the largest language families other than Indo-European and Sino-Tibetan.

Key Issue 5.2: Why Is English Related to Other Languages?

Objectives:

• Identify the origin, diffusion, and current distribution of Indo-European branches.
• Identify processes of origin and diffusion of a language branch and a family.
• Identify processes of origin and diffusion of a language branch and a family.
• Understand the official status of English and other languages.

New Assignments Due 11/9

1. 5.1 Assignment
2. 5.2 Assignment

Late Assignments Due 11/9

1. Key Issue 4.3 & 4.4 Assignment
2. Folk and Popular Culture Lab Activity