GEOG 140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Mark Monmonier, Nostratic Languages, Fertile Crescent
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A set of sounds, combination of sounds, and symbols used for communication. A language that is published, widely distributed, and purposefully taught. Government-selected language or languages to try to enhance communication in a multilingual state. The uniqueness of a location, what people do in a location, what they create, how they impart a certain character, a certain imprint on the location. Can give a glimpse of the history of a place. Linkages among languages marked by sound shifts, slight changes in a word across languages over time. When peoples with different languages have consistent interaction and their languages blend into one. The breakup of a language into dialects and then new languages from lack of interaction among speakers. A variant of standard language by ethnicity or region. Tracking sound shifts and the hardening of consonants backward to reveal an original language. Can deduce the vocabulary of an extinct language. Began in the fertile crescent and later became .
