LICENCIATURA EN CIENCIAS Y HUMANIDADES PARA LA ENSEÑANZA DEL IDIOMA
INGLÉS.
Subject: English Linguistic.
Schedule: Mon – Wed 6:30 a.m to 8:10 a.m
Teacher´s name: Licda. Carolina Zaldivar
Student´s name: Kevin Josué Carazo Ruiz.
Carnet: CR161100747
Semester 1/23
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Airtime: time during which a broadcast is being transmitted.
Americanism: a word, expression, or other feature that is characteristic of
American English.
Anonymize: remove identifying particulars or details from (something, especially
medical test results), typically for statistical or other purposes.
Anglo-Saxon: any member of the Germanic peoples who, from the 5th century ce
to the time of the Norman Conquest (1066), inhabited and ruled territories that are
today part of England and Wales.
Archaic: (of a word or a style of language) no longer in everyday use but
sometimes used to impart an old-fashioned flavor.
Asymmetry: lack of equality or equivalence between parts or aspects of
something.
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Bantu: relating to or denoting a group of Niger–Congo languages spoken in
central and southern Africa, including Swahili, Xhosa, and Zulu.
Bilingualism: fluency in or use of two languages.
Celtic: relating to the Celts or their languages, which constitute a branch of the
Indo-European family and include Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, Breton, Manx,
Cornish, and several extinct pre-Roman languages such as Gaulish.
Cognate: (of a word) having the same linguistic derivation as another; from the
same original word or root (e.g., English is, German ist, Latin est, from IndoEuropean esti ).
Colonization: the action or process of settling among and establishing control over
the indigenous people of an area.
Context: the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea,
and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed.
Converge: (of lines) tend to meet at a point.
Creoles: a mother tongue formed from the contact of two languages through an
earlier pidgin stage.
Danelaw: the law in force in the part of England held by the Danes before the
Norman Conquest.
Diachronic: refers to the study of language change over time, examining how
languages evolve and develop over historical periods
Dialect: a particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or
social group.
Diaspora: the dispersion or spread of a people from their original homeland.
Diphthong: a speech sound in which two vowel sounds are pronounced together
in one syllable to form a single sound that glides from one vowel to the other.
Diverge: To diverge means to separate or move away from a common point or
standard, or to differ or deviate in opinions, beliefs, or behavior.
Fingerspelling: the process of spelling out words using hand movements to
represent each letter. It is commonly used in sign languages to represent proper
nouns and technical terms for which there is no sign.
Genderqueer: is a term used to describe individuals who do not identify as solely
male or female, but rather have a non-binary gender identity.
Germanic: refers to a group of related Indo-European languages spoken mainly in
northern and central Europe, including German, English, Dutch, Swedish,
Norwegian, Danish, and Icelandic.
Hindi: Hindi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken mainly in India, but also in other
countries such as Nepal, Mauritius, South Africa, and the Caribbean.
Homesign: term used to describe a spontaneous form of communication that
arises in communities or families where there is a lack of a shared language.
Ideology: a set of beliefs, values, and principles that guides an individual or group's
actions and decisions.
Influx: a large and rapid increase in the number of something, especially people or
things entering a place.
Isolate: to separate or disconnect a person or thing from others in order to prevent
the spread of a disease or other harmful thing.
Linguistic: is the scientific study of language, including its form, meaning, and use
Lipreading: also known as speechreading, is the process of understanding spoken
language by observing the movements of a speaker's lips, face, and body
language.
Merge: means to combine or join two or more things into a single entity.
Meaningful: The term "meaningful" refers to something that has significance or
purpose.
Monolingualism: to the ability to speak and understand only one language.
Patterns: a pattern refers to a repeated or recognizable form, shape, or
arrangement.
Peasantry: refers to a social class made up of small-scale agricultural workers who
are generally considered to be at the lower end of the social and economic scale.
Pidgin: is a simplified form of language that arises as a means of communication
between groups who do not share a common language.
Poultry: term used to describe domesticated birds kept by humans for their meat,
eggs, or feathers.
Realm: a realm is a geographical area or sphere of influence.
Semetic: refers to a language family and cultural group originating from the
Middle East and including languages such as Arabic, Hebrew, and Aramaic.
Sociolinguistic: is the study of the relationship between language and society.
Sootbucket: is a container used to collect soot, a type of fine, black powdery
residue that results from the incomplete combustion of fuels such as coal, oil, and
wood.
Spheres: is a term used to describe different areas or realms of influence or control.
Spreadsheets: is a software program used for organizing, analyzing, and
manipulating data in a tabular format.
Suffixes: is a unit of meaning added to the end of a word that often changes the
word's grammatical category or meaning.
Synchronic: refers to a linguistic or cultural phenomenon at a specific point in time,
without reference to its development over time.
Synonyms: is a word or phrase that has the same or nearly the same meaning as
another word or phrase.
Typology: is the study of the classification of languages or linguistic structures
based on shared features.
Utterance: is a unit of speech or writing that conveys a complete message.
Unintelligible: refers to speech or text that cannot be understood or
comprehended.
V:
Vanuatu: is a Pacific island country located in the South Pacific Ocean. It is a
group of 83 islands, with a total land area of approximately 12,189 square
kilometers. The country's largest islands are Espiritu Santo, Malakula, and Efate.
W:
Western: can be used in many different contexts, but a general definition could be
"relating to or characteristic of the western part of the world, especially Europe
and North America." In other contexts, "western" can also refer to the culture,
history, or geography of the Western world, which includes countries such as the
United States, Canada, and European nations such as France, Germany, and the
United Kingdom. Additionally, "western" can also refer to a specific genre of films,
literature, or other art forms that depict the American frontier and cowboys.