WS 2011/2012                         exam translation (advanced)                text #15: word list    

1) at the outset 
2) steadily
3) multilingual
4) at least a quarter of the world’s languages have
5) endangered languages
6) lifeline
7) scattered
8) Web site/website
9) broadcasting
10) emergent
11) must not blind us to
12) impact
13) ... in British or American Standard English
14) as we would expect
15) [language] variety
16) intranational
17) support
18) to have a history of (often with a negative connotation, eg. to have a history of a disease)

19) the „New Englishes“
20) to have available
21) interaction
22) previously
23) informal: (hier)
24) emergence: see 10)
25) consolidation
26) to privilege
27) nonstandard
28) (to be) bound to
29) written representation
30) (global) reach
31) they may well ...
32) to extend
33) range
34) the likely outcome
35) Internet-mediated
36) eventually
37) inherently
38) to heighten
39) manifestation
40) volatile
41) unprecedented
42) unpredictable

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