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Cultural Geography
Exam 1
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Geography
Not Applicable
09/19/2006

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ethnic islands
Definition
isolated culture center.

Example- catholic in Savannah or Lindsborg
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Frontier Reductionism
Definition
loss of technology and hearth amenities. reduced complexity of culture. only fragments of a culture diffuse; more isolated cultures are preserved.
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first effective settlement
Definition
those who settle first (with number) will be the ones to settle in the substrates
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cultural pre-adaptation
Definition
group is already adapted.

Example- czechs going to east texas. similar farmland.
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Ethnic Environmental perception
Definition
Example- British thought land without trees was infertile.
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Little Sweden
Definition
Lindsborg- case study, only 28% swedish now.
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Dialect
Definition
variant forms of a language
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isogloss
Definition
boundary between different dialects

Ex. line that separates use of y'all
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bundle
Definition
group of different isoglosses
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sociohistorical reasons for dialect
Definition
migration routes, physical geography, group reference, identity, communication
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group reference
Definition
who you associate yourself with
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linguistic reasons for dialect
Definition
structure of language: word meaning, pronunciation , grammar
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dipthong
Definition
time > tahm (change and glide)
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dropped R
Definition
girl > gal, horse > hoss; from england
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northern vowel shift
Definition
caught > cot, Don> Dawn
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southern vowel shift
Definition
field to filled, sale to sell, pool to pull
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toponyms
Definition
different names for rivers
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place names
Definition
classical belt (athens GA Rome NY
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Martha's Vineyard
Definition
unique, keep accents becaus eof group reference and identity. set themselves apart
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African American Vernacular English
Definition
Habitual be: he be sick
Copluar loss: he (is) here
r-less
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anglicans/ episcopalians
Definition
everywhere
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presbyterians
Definition
appalchians, scottisch irish
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congregationalists/puritans
Definition
New England, North Carolina
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catholics
Definition
Southwest, Northeast, Northern Midwest (German)
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Lutherans
Definition
Scandanavia, Nothern Midwest
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Methodists
Definition
plains, more northern
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baptists
Definition
southern methodists, much more southern
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baptists
Definition
southern methodists, much more southern
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Dutch Reform
Definition
Hudson Valley, Grand Rapids Michigan
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