ECON 1B03 Lecture Notes - World Language, Nec

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Systematic means of communication, ideas, feelings by use of conventionalized signs, gestures, marks especially articulate sounds. Language (religion)- fundamental characteristic by which groups distinguish themselves from other groups. Language as a cultural variable is the single most important human achievement. It is a link to variation in both physical & human environments. Language is essence/lifeblood of a culture; without it, culture cannot exist. Ex a change in culture=a change in language use and vice versa. English of shakespeare"s time[400 yrs ago] vs english of jane. 6. 10 pg 228 (world distribution of language families before european expansion) Why a language becomes a gloabal language has little to do with the number of people who speak it. It is much more to do with who those speakers are. **english meets these condition (1. 2-1. 5 billion speakers in 1990s) Beginning in age of exploration colonial empires established: britain was extreme, most extensive empire.

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