ENTRY TASK
Define and provide
an example for
intraregional and
interregional
migration.
The Geography of
Language
Unit 3 – Cultural Patterns and Processes
Objectives
Content: WWBAT describe the
origin and evolution of the
English language.
Language: WWBAT analyze
why we use the words we use.
But first, our last two
presentations…
ADAM AND RYAN
“Murray GellMann on the
ancestor of
language”
• “Does it really lead to a single ancestor
some 20,000-25,000 years ago? Do you
think that there is a single ancestor
of all languages and that it is only
about 20,000 years old?
• “Well, I would guess that modern
language must be older than the cave
paintings and cave engravings and cave
sculptures and dance steps in the soft
caves in Western Europe, in the
Aurignacian Period some 35,000 years
ago, or earlier. I can’t believe that they
did all those things and didn’t also have
a modern language. So, I would guess
that the actual origin goes back at least
that far and maybe further.” What do
you think of this idea do you agree
with it? Explain why or why not.
http://www.ted.c
om/talks/murray_
gell_mann_on_th
e_ancestor_of_la
nguage
“The History of English in 10
Minutes”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njJBw2KlIEo
The History of the English
Language - Infographic
 Using the infographic
work through the
questions provided
with a partner.
 Each person needs to
answer the questions
and submit them.
Variations in American English
 http://popvssoda.com/
 Dialect: a particular form of a language that is peculiar
to a specific region or social group
 There are many different dialects in the United States
 Influenced by many different groups: African slaves, French
in New Orleans, British in New England, Germans, Italians,
Scandinavians, Latin Americans, etc.
 African American Vernacular English (AAVE): the
variety formerly known as Black Vernacular or Vernacular
Black English among sociolinguists, and commonly called
Ebonics outside the academic community
What kind of map is this?
Dialect Survey/Map
 “How Y’all, Youse, and You Guys Talk”
 Great American English dialect survey and maps
 Compares what you say to other speakers around the
country
 Today we need 2 volunteers to test out the survey
 One person born and raised in WA
 One person born and raised in another part of the country
 http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sundayreview/dialect-quiz-map.html?_r=0
“The World’s English Mania”
 “And now English is
becoming the language of
problem-solving. Not
because America is pushing
it, but because the world is
pulling it.” Do you believe
this to be true? Do you
think America isn’t
pushing its language or
that it is?
 Why should English, the
second language of the
world, be the language
of problem solving? Why
can’t Mandarin Chinese,
the most spoken
language in the world,
be the language of
problem-solving?
 http://www.ted.com/talk
s/jay_walker_on_the_wo
rld_s_english_mania?lan
guage=en
HOMEWORK
 Finish your Chapter 5 Reading Guide
 Due Wednesday, Nov. 4 – READING QUIZ
 Language Web Quest
 DUE: FRIDAY, Nov. 6
 Instruction sheet in class today
 Download the assignment from the “APHG Files” page