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Different dialect, different status, different identity?
By: Angelina Costan
What does the way we speak a language have to do with status and identity? Eliza Doolittle, who once was a flower girl, is now a noble lady. Her weird English dialect has changed into proper English, and now she is seen as an upper-class woman
It appears that a dialect has a special role of determining someone’s status and change of dialect changes the person’s status in the society and identity. Is it true? People have their own way of speaking their own language, and no one has the right to criticize them. However, the fact that a certain pretty young girl named Eliza Doolittle has a drastic change in her life from low class to high class amazes all of us.
THE FLOWER GIRL
A little sailor hat of black straw, unwashed hair, wearing a dirty, long black coat and spoke a broken English, the society directly viewed Eliza as a low class person. It comes directly from the appearance, but what gives the best evidence is her dialect. When Eliza spoke a different dialect from others, she was seen from a different class. The way Eliza spoke broken English made her despised by others, especially by the Professor of phonetics, Professor Henry Higgins. When the old Eliza spoke English, the society viewed her as a poor one due to her weird dialect of English.
‘’Ow, eez, ye-ooa san, is e?’ uttered Eliza when she met her the mother of her future husband, Freddy. Do people understand her words? Probably not, not since the word doesn’t make any sense. Eliza and the society have different opinions, but Eliza herself couldn’t fight the whole town, which made her end up being taught proper English by Professor Higgins.
The change in Eliza’s life
When Eliza met Professor Higgins for the first time, she had opened a door to a new life. Taken by the professor of phonetics to his very huge house, Eliza was forced to learn English alphabets and proper English.
Professor Higgins who is educated
By: Angelina Costan
What does the way we speak a language have to do with status and identity? Eliza Doolittle, who once was a flower girl, is now a noble lady. Her weird English dialect has changed into proper English, and now she is seen as an upper-class woman
It appears that a dialect has a special role of determining someone’s status and change of dialect changes the person’s status in the society and identity. Is it true? People have their own way of speaking their own language, and no one has the right to criticize them. However, the fact that a certain pretty young girl named Eliza Doolittle has a drastic change in her life from low class to high class amazes all of us.
THE FLOWER GIRL
A little sailor hat of black straw, unwashed hair, wearing a dirty, long black coat and spoke a broken English, the society directly viewed Eliza as a low class person. It comes directly from the appearance, but what gives the best evidence is her dialect. When Eliza spoke a different dialect from others, she was seen from a different class. The way Eliza spoke broken English made her despised by others, especially by the Professor of phonetics, Professor Henry Higgins. When the old Eliza spoke English, the society viewed her as a poor one due to her weird dialect of English.
‘’Ow, eez, ye-ooa san, is e?’ uttered Eliza when she met her the mother of her future husband, Freddy. Do people understand her words? Probably not, not since the word doesn’t make any sense. Eliza and the society have different opinions, but Eliza herself couldn’t fight the whole town, which made her end up being taught proper English by Professor Higgins.
The change in Eliza’s life
When Eliza met Professor Higgins for the first time, she had opened a door to a new life. Taken by the professor of phonetics to his very huge house, Eliza was forced to learn English alphabets and proper English.
Professor Higgins who is educated