GEOG 1280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Nationstates, Proto-Indo-European Language, Lingala
26 Oct 2017
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Asia"s la(cid:374)guage: kurgan hypothesis, hearth of the indo-european languages lies north of the. The british empire rose and took english and brought it all over the world: language spread, different forms of linguistic diffusion, relocation: massive movement into new areas of speakers of a particular language (ex. Fin du semaine rather than le weekend: franglais, spatial interaction help create, lingua franca, a language used among speakers of different languages for the purposes of trade and commerce, ex. It is used to communicate in limited circumstances, such as business or government: ex. Haitian creole which evolved from pidginized french and african dialects during the era of the slave trade: haitian creole, global language. Not based off of this definition, technically but it still counts. Different context but is correct: spaces where people are resistant to the use of english, would rather speak their own language, what role does language play in making places, toponym, toponym a place name.
