How can I remember the continuum from language family to dialect? Use your notes or readings to find the different levels and remember Ferris! F erris F B ueller B G ot a G L ucky L D ay D

The expression Ferris Bueller's Day Off, which would be a allusion to the film Ferris Bueller's Day Off, may be used as a mnemonic technique to recall the progression from family of languages to dialect.

Family of Ferris Languages (Indo-European)

Linguistic branch of Bueller (Germanic),

Do you have a linguistic group? (English)

Languages of Fortune (Midland-Northern)

Dialects of the Day Dialects of the Day (Detroit)

The Indo-European linguistic family's Germanic, Romantic, and Slavic branches formed the most widespread dialect continuity in Europe.

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The phrase Ferris Bueller Got a Lucky Day (which references the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off, 1986) can be used as a mnemonic device to remember the continuum from language family to dialect.

Explanation:

Ferris

Family: Language Family(Indo-European)

Bueller

Branch: Language branch(Germanic),

Got a

Groups: Language groups(English)

Lucky

Languages: Languages (Midland-Northern)

Day

Dialects: Dialects (Detroit)

The most extensive dialect continuum in Europe included the Germanic, Romance, and Slavic branches of the Indo-European language family, following this sequence: Language Family(Indo-European), Language branch(Germanic), language groups(English), languages(Midland-Northern), dialects(Detroit)

it sounds like either a or c