Origins…

• “Break a Leg.”

• “Mind your P’s and Q’s.”

• “Mind your own Beeswax.”

• “The Rule of Thumb.”

CHAPTER 8 REVIEW

A GEOGRAPHY

OF LANGUAGE

• What is LANGUAGE???

• How / Why does it change???

Language is at the Heart of Culture

• WHY???

• Can Culture exist w/out Language???

• STANDARD LANGUAGE

• Vs.

• OFFICIAL LANGUAGE

• USA???

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• DIALECTS

• “You all” = “Y’all” in TX• “Oil” in NE might sound like “Ahill” in

the South

USA vs. ENGLAND English…

• REsearch vs. reSEARCH

• GaRAge vs. GAR…rarge

• Sch (k) edule vs. Shhedule

• ISOGLOSSES

• Say “Dinner” in N. IL, but in S. IL…

• say “Supper” in S. IL

• Say “Water Fountain” in IL, but in WI…

• It’s a “Bubbler”

• Soda = • Pop• Couch = • Davenport (Sofa)• Patio / Deck• Lanai

• Thank You = • Cheers!• Gas = • Petrol• Bathroom = • Loo / Water Closet• Body Shop (Mechanic) = • Garage• Garage = • Carport

USA Isoglosses

WORLD LANGUAGES

• Language Family – Way to group languages thought to have shared, but distant origins

INDO-EUROPEAN FAMILY

• More people speak a language from this one family than any other• English, Spanish, German, Russian, French

Where did they ever come from???

MORE FAMOUS ENGLISH SAYINGS

• “Don’t throw the baby out with

the bath water.”

• “Its raining cats and dogs.”

• “Dirt poor.”

• “The Threshold.”

• “Go to a wake.”

• “Chew the fat.”

• “The Graveyard Shift.”

• “Saved by the Bell.”

• “Ring around the Rosie,

Pockets full of posies,

Ashes, ashes,

We all fall down!”

• RING AROUND THE ROSIE• The red rash sign of the plague infection

• POCKETS FULL OF POSIES• Breathe the flower scent, cover dead bodies smell

• ASHES, ASHES• Burned bodies so all could fit in the graveyard

• WE ALL FALL DOWN!!!• 1/3 of Europe died