AP Human Geography

Chapter 4 Study Guide (Part 3)

1. What function does language serve other than communication?

2. What important information can we discover from studying dialects?

3. What do linguistic geographers study in dialect geography?

4. Who pioneered this field in the 1930s?

5. What was he able to identify?

6. What is the importance of these features in dialect geography?

7. According to Kuraths research, what vocabulary displayed a

particularly vivid geography?

8. What term was used predominately in the Northern dialect region?

9. What term was used predominately in the Midland dialect region?

10.
What term/terms were used predominately in the Southern
dialect region?

11.
According to Figure 4.17, what term was used to refer to a
pancake in the Northeastern states?
12.

What term was used in states that border Kentucky?

13.
According to the Geography Insight section on pg. 121, what
accounts for the change in the Southern dialect region from soft
drink and cold drink to coke?

14.
What is the distinctive Southern phrase for something you intend
to do in the future?

15.
What factor distinguishes dialect languages other than
differences in phrases, terminology and vocabulary?

16.

What is an accent?

17.

Why do many people believe they dont have an accent?

18.
What unique pronunciation defines the accent of the Northern
dialect region?

19.
What unique pronunciation defines the accent of the Southern
dialect region?

20.

What accounts for the accent known as the Southern drawl?

21.
How does the accent of the Midland dialect region differ from
both the Northern and Southern dialect regions?

22.

Where has the Midland accent become prominently featured?

23.
How did African American slaves begin to use English
differently than whites?
24.
What terms can be used to describe this dialect of American
English?

25.
What linguistic features does it share with the Southern dialect
region?

26.
Describe, in a condensed version, the 4 unique linguistic features
of African American Vernacular English that are outlined in your
textbook.

27.
How do scholars explain the distinctive vocabulary that exists in
African American Vernacular English?

28.
What cultural movement has brought African American
Vernacular English into the mainstream and popular culture?

29.
What historic migration diffused African American English from
the Southern dialect region into the Northern and Midland dialect
regions?

30.

How many African Americans migrated during this 54 year span?

31.
What phenomenon has altered the linguistic geography of the
United States?

32.

Why is the term Latino English misleading?

33.
What groups constitutes the largest Latino population in the
United States?

34.

What term is used to refer to the dialect spoken by this group?

35.

What pronunciation is unique to this dialect of English?

36.

What grammatical difference is unique to this dialect of English?

37.
What feature of Mexican culture has brought a large number of
Mexican words and phrases into English?

38.

What is a standard dialect?

39.
What segments of society are standard dialects typically
associated with?

40.

What term is sometimes used in place of standard dialect?

41.

What comes closest to a standard dialect in the United States?

42.

In what fields is a standard dialect typically preferred?

43.

What is the standard dialect of Chinese?

44.
Why have dialects outside of the standard dialect been given a
negative stereotype?

45.
What dialect of American English has been typically seen as a
negative, improper form of English?

46.
What can such negative stereotypes about dialects help to
reinforce in society?

47.
Why are toponyms so important in the study of identity, culture,
and language?
48.
What do many English language toponyms consist of? Give an
example.

49.
According to the "What a Geographer Sees" section at the top of
pgs. 124-125, why can changing the name of a place have such a
powerful impact?

50.
What city in the former Soviet Union had a name change in
1991? What was it renamed?

51.

Why did the Russian citizens vote to change the name?

52.
In the "What a Geographer Sees" section, what effect of
colonialism on toponyms is described?

53.
What has happened to toponyms these former colonies since
they have gained their independence? Give an example.

54.
Where was the first street named to commemorate Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr.?

55.
How many streets are there nationwide that commemorate Dr.
King today?

56.

Where are the majority of them located?

57.

Why do you think most of them are located in this region?