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Under the deal, how many AFL playoff games did ESPN broadcast each year?
nine
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Affiliates of what network broadcast Arizona Rattlers games?
Fox Sports
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What cable network did the AFL sign a regional contract with?
FSN
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After a hiatus, in what year did the AFL begin operations again?
2010
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What cable television network signed a broadcast deal with the AFL in 2010?
NFL Network
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On what day would AFL games be shown on NFL Network?
Friday
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What streaming service broadcast AFL games that were not on NFL Network?
Ustream
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What was the cost to watch AFL games on Ustream?
free
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In what year did AFL games temporarily cease to be broadcast on NFL Network?
2012
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Why did the temporary cessation of game broadcasts occur?
ongoing labor problems
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Why did the NFL Network begin to broadcast games again?
the labor issues were resolved
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On what day was an AFL game broadcast live on NFL Network?
Friday
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At what time of day was an AFL game shown on Fridays on NFL Network?
night
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Who was the AFL's 2013 national broadcast partner?
CBS Sports Network
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How many regular season games were shown by CBS Sports Network in 2013?
19
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How many 2013 playoff games did CBSSN broadcast?
two
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On what channel was the 2013 ArenaBowl broadcast?
CBS
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In 2013, on what day were Arena Football League games usually broadcast on CBS Sports Network?
Saturday
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Who was the Arena Football League's 2014 broadcast partner?
ESPN
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What app were Arena Football League games broadcast on in 2014?
WatchESPN
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Along with the ESPN networks, on what network were 2014 AFL games broadcast?
CBS Sports Network
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On what channel could one watch ArenaBowl XXVII live?
ESPN
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What was the first Arena Football League video game?
Arena Football
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For what system was the first Arena Football League video game released?
the C-64
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In what year was the first Arena Football League video game released?
1988
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On what date was Kurt Warner's Arena Football Unleashed released?
May 18, 2000
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Who made Kurt Warner's Arena Football Unleashed?
Midway Games
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Who wrote War on the Floor: An Average Guy Plays in the Arena Football League and Lives to Write About It?
Jeff Foley
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In what year was War on the Floor released?
2001
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What team did Jeff Foley play for?
Albany Firebirds
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How many games did Jeff Foley play in?
three
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Along with 1999, in what preseason did Foley play for the Firebirds?
2000
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In what year did the AFL begin operating under the single-entity model?
2010
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Who owns the rights to the players under the single-entity model?
the league
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What model of ownership is commonly used in American professional sports?
franchise model
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What was the normal per game attendance of AFL games in the 1990s?
10,000–11,000
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Along with the recession, what event is held to have decreased per-game attendance below 10,000?
the September 11, 2001 attacks
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What was the average per-game attendance in 2007?
12,392
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In 2008, what was the average attendance for an AFL game?
12,957
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During the 2008 season, how many teams averaged more than 13,000 spectators per game?
eight
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What was the AFL's average per-game attendance in 2010?
8,135
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In the 2010 season, how many teams drew an average of more than 13,000 fans per game?
one
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What team drew more than 13,000 fans per game in 2010?
Tampa Bay
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What language is the word dialectus from?
Latin
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From what language does the word diΓ‘lektos come?
Greek
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What does diΓ‘lektos mean in English?
discourse
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How many different types of linguistic phenomena is the term dialect used to describe?
two
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How many distinct ways is the term dialect used?
two
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What is the common definition of dialect?
a variety of a language that is a characteristic of a particular group of the language's speakers
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What is the term dialect most often applied to?
regional speech patterns
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Aside from region, what is an example of a factor that may influence dialect?
social class
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What is a term for a dialect particular to a social class?
sociolect
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What do you call a dialect particular to a certain ethnicity?
ethnolect
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What is the other definition of the term dialect?
a language that is socially subordinated to a regional or national standard language
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How does a dialect stand in relation to the standard language?
subordinate to the standard language
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The regional Romance languages in what country are sometimes referred to as dialects?
Italy
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What are 20th century variations on standard Italian called?
regional Italian
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From what language did the regional Romance languages of Italy derive?
Latin
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Along with grammar and pronunciation, what distinguishes a dialect?
vocabulary
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If only the pronunciation differs from the standard language, what term is sometimes used?
accent
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What term is sometimes used for dialects that only differ in vocabulary?
jargons
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Along with slangs, patois and pidgins, what is another type of smiilar speech variety?
argots
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What is another term for a standard or standardized dialect?
standard language
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The support of what groups results in a dialect being standardized?
institutions
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Along with grammars and dictionaries, what publications help a dialect to become standardized?
textbooks
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Standard Philippine English is a standard dialect of of what language?
English
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Recognition from what body may help a dialect to become standardized?
government
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What does a nonstandard dialect usually not have compared to a standard dialect?
institutional support
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What language is Scouse a dialect of?
English
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What was created for the sake of comparing English dialects?
The Dialect Test
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Who came up with the Dialect Test?
Joseph Wright
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Along with a syntax and grammar, what attribute does a dialect possess?
vocabulary
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In what country is LimΓ³n Creole English spoken?
Costa Rica
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On what coast of Costa Rica is LimΓ³n Creole English spoken?
Caribbean
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Speakers of LimΓ³n Creole English are descended from people of what nationality?
Jamaican
[ "Dialect\n\nThere is no universally accepted criterion for distinguishing two different languages from two dialects (i.e. varieties) of the same language. A number of rough measures exist, sometimes leading to contradictory results. The distinction is therefore subjective and depends on the user's frame of referenc...
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What trait is the most common way of determining if languages are dialects?
mutual intelligibility
[ "Dialect\n\nThe most common, and most purely linguistic, criterion is that of mutual intelligibility: two varieties are said to be dialects of the same language if being a speaker of one variety confers sufficient knowledge to understand and be understood by a speaker of the other; otherwise, they are said to be di...
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What is the term for when dialects A and B are mutually intelligible, dialect B and C are mutually intelligible, but dialects A and C are not mutually intelligible?
dialect continua
[ "Dialect\n\nThe most common, and most purely linguistic, criterion is that of mutual intelligibility: two varieties are said to be dialects of the same language if being a speaker of one variety confers sufficient knowledge to understand and be understood by a speaker of the other; otherwise, they are said to be di...
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What is the definition of mutual intelligibility?
if being a speaker of one variety confers sufficient knowledge to understand and be understood by a speaker of the other
[ "Dialect\n\nThe most common, and most purely linguistic, criterion is that of mutual intelligibility: two varieties are said to be dialects of the same language if being a speaker of one variety confers sufficient knowledge to understand and be understood by a speaker of the other; otherwise, they are said to be di...
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What term refers to another way in which dialects are distinguished from languages?
linguistic authority
[ "Dialect\n\nAnother occasionally used criterion for discriminating dialects from languages is that of linguistic authority, a more sociolinguistic notion. According to this definition, two varieties are considered dialects of the same language if (under at least some circumstances) they would defer to the same auth...
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Under the linguistic authority criteria, what is a dialect of German along with Bavarian German?
East Franconian German
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Of what group of languages is Yiddish a member?
Middle High German
[ "Dialect\n\nAnother occasionally used criterion for discriminating dialects from languages is that of linguistic authority, a more sociolinguistic notion. According to this definition, two varieties are considered dialects of the same language if (under at least some circumstances) they would defer to the same auth...
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Why is Yiddish not a dialect of German?
a Yiddish speaker would not consult a German dictionary
[ "Dialect\n\nAnother occasionally used criterion for discriminating dialects from languages is that of linguistic authority, a more sociolinguistic notion. According to this definition, two varieties are considered dialects of the same language if (under at least some circumstances) they would defer to the same auth...
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According to most linguistics, who speaks a dialect?
everybody
[ "Dialect\n\nBy the definition most commonly used by linguists, any linguistic variety can be considered a \"dialect\" of some languageβ€”\"everybody speaks a dialect\". According to that interpretation, the criteria above merely serve to distinguish whether two varieties are dialects of the same language or dialects ...
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Who developed the abstand and ausbau languages framework?
Heinz Kloss
[ "Dialect\n\nA framework was developed in 1967 by Heinz Kloss, abstand and ausbau languages, to describe speech communities, that while unified politically and/or culturally, include multiple dialects which though closely related genetically may be divergent to the point of inter-dialect unintelligibility." ]
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In what year was the abstand and ausbau framework developed?
1967
[ "Dialect\n\nA framework was developed in 1967 by Heinz Kloss, abstand and ausbau languages, to describe speech communities, that while unified politically and/or culturally, include multiple dialects which though closely related genetically may be divergent to the point of inter-dialect unintelligibility." ]
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What sort of unification in speech communities did the abstand and ausbau framework discuss?
politically and/or culturally
[ "Dialect\n\nA framework was developed in 1967 by Heinz Kloss, abstand and ausbau languages, to describe speech communities, that while unified politically and/or culturally, include multiple dialects which though closely related genetically may be divergent to the point of inter-dialect unintelligibility." ]
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The language of the Pennsylvania Dutch is a dialect of what language?
German
[ "Dialect\n\nThe terms \"language\" and \"dialect\" are not necessarily mutually exclusive: There is nothing contradictory in the statement \"the language of the Pennsylvania Dutch is a dialect of German\"." ]
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What term avoids distinguishing between languages and dialects?
languoid
[ "Dialect\n\nThere are various terms that linguists may use to avoid taking a position on whether the speech of a community is an independent language in its own right or a dialect of another language. Perhaps the most common is \"variety\"; \"lect\" is another. A more general term is \"languoid\", which does not di...
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What is the most common way of referring to a language without making the determination of whether it's a dialect or independent language?
variety
[ "Dialect\n\nThere are various terms that linguists may use to avoid taking a position on whether the speech of a community is an independent language in its own right or a dialect of another language. Perhaps the most common is \"variety\"; \"lect\" is another. A more general term is \"languoid\", which does not di...
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Along with variety and languoid, what is another term used for a language without determining its independent status?
lect
[ "Dialect\n\nThere are various terms that linguists may use to avoid taking a position on whether the speech of a community is an independent language in its own right or a dialect of another language. Perhaps the most common is \"variety\"; \"lect\" is another. A more general term is \"languoid\", which does not di...
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With what social class it the standard dialect commonly associated?
the elite class
[ "Dialect\n\nIn many societies, however, a particular dialect, often the sociolect of the elite class, comes to be identified as the \"standard\" or \"proper\" version of a language by those seeking to make a social distinction, and is contrasted with other varieties. As a result of this, in some contexts the term \...
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What social status is the term "dialect" sometimes associated with?
low
[ "Dialect\n\nIn many societies, however, a particular dialect, often the sociolect of the elite class, comes to be identified as the \"standard\" or \"proper\" version of a language by those seeking to make a social distinction, and is contrasted with other varieties. As a result of this, in some contexts the term \...
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What is another term for language varieties?
dialects
[ "Dialect\n\nIn many societies, however, a particular dialect, often the sociolect of the elite class, comes to be identified as the \"standard\" or \"proper\" version of a language by those seeking to make a social distinction, and is contrasted with other varieties. As a result of this, in some contexts the term \...
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What non-linguistic developments influence the status of a language?
historical and political
[ "Dialect\n\nThe status of \"language\" is not solely determined by linguistic criteria, but it is also the result of a historical and political development. Romansh came to be a written language, and therefore it is recognized as a language, even though it is very close to the Lombardic alpine dialects. An opposite...
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What dialect is the language Romansh similar to?
Lombardic alpine
[ "Dialect\n\nThe status of \"language\" is not solely determined by linguistic criteria, but it is also the result of a historical and political development. Romansh came to be a written language, and therefore it is recognized as a language, even though it is very close to the Lombardic alpine dialects. An opposite...
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What language are Mandarin and Cantonese sometimes considered dialects of?
Chinese
[ "Dialect\n\nThe status of \"language\" is not solely determined by linguistic criteria, but it is also the result of a historical and political development. Romansh came to be a written language, and therefore it is recognized as a language, even though it is very close to the Lombardic alpine dialects. An opposite...
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Why might Mandarin and Cantonese not be regarded as dialects?
mutual unintelligibility
[ "Dialect\n\nThe status of \"language\" is not solely determined by linguistic criteria, but it is also the result of a historical and political development. Romansh came to be a written language, and therefore it is recognized as a language, even though it is very close to the Lombardic alpine dialects. An opposite...
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What event is regarded as a landmark in the development of modern nationalism?
the French Revolution
[ "Dialect\n\nModern Nationalism, as developed especially since the French Revolution, has made the distinction between \"language\" and \"dialect\" an issue of great political importance. A group speaking a separate \"language\" is often seen as having a greater claim to being a separate \"people\", and thus to be m...
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If possessing a language leads to a group being regarded as a separate people, what political arrangement presumably follows?
its own independent state
[ "Dialect\n\nModern Nationalism, as developed especially since the French Revolution, has made the distinction between \"language\" and \"dialect\" an issue of great political importance. A group speaking a separate \"language\" is often seen as having a greater claim to being a separate \"people\", and thus to be m...
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What political arrangement is associated with being a dialect-speaking sub-group?
regional autonomy
[ "Dialect\n\nModern Nationalism, as developed especially since the French Revolution, has made the distinction between \"language\" and \"dialect\" an issue of great political importance. A group speaking a separate \"language\" is often seen as having a greater claim to being a separate \"people\", and thus to be m...