Chinese clan or dialect associations in past and present day Singapore 1. Introduction Ever since the immigration of the Chinese into Southeast Asia in the nineteenth century‚ they had started grouping themselves into different types of traditional organizations. In even a small country like Singapore‚ a respectable number of organizations were set up. There were clans‚ dialect associations‚ hui kuans‚ guilds‚ bangs and secret societies. These traditional organizations served a variety of functions
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characteristics to distinguish it from the other varieties of Chinese dialects. This period in Chinese history is seen as one of the most glorious to the Cantonese people and is why they refer to themselves as Tong yan‚ or literally people of the Tang dynasty. The fact that Cantonese has anywhere from six to nine tones and keeps the final consonants of the older language makes it the closest out of all the other Chinese dialects to Ancient Chinese. Learners of any tonal language find themselves at
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From the list of concepts stated above‚ I have chosen to describe the concepts of dialect‚ context of situation‚ native speaker and lingua franca with regards to the local context in my discussion. Dialect In Singapore‚ the racial groups are categorized into their ‘dialect groups’‚ meaning their ‘ethnic’ groups. It is stated that “every Singaporean has an officially allocated ‘dialect group’ which normally corresponds to the paternal ancestral language‚ but does not necessarily to anything in the
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When Yolanda was young she liked to sneak into a shed that was said to be haunted by ghosts and spirits to search for devils. It was during one of these visits that she found a mother cat and her kittens. She decides to bring one of the kittens home with her to keep as a pet‚ this despite having been told by a stranger that the kittens are too young to be taken from their mother. As soon as she reaches her home with the kitten she grows annoyed with it’s meows and throws it out the window‚ causing
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The role of dialect representation in speaking from the margins: "The Lesson" of Toni Cade Bambara by Katy M. Wright "What kinda work they do and how they live and how come we ain’t in on it? Where we are is who we are‚ Miss Moore always pointin out. But it don’t necessarily have to be that way‚ she always adds then waits for somebody to say that poor people have to wake up and demand their share of the pie and don’t none of us know what kind of pie she talking about in the first damn place."
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Southern England: Received Pronunciation (RP) is the standard accent of Standard English in Great Britain‚ with a relationship to regional accents similar to the relationship in other European languages between their standard varieties and their regional forms. RP is defined in the Concise Oxford Dictionary as "the standard accent of English as spoken in the south of England"‚ although it can be heard from native speakers throughout England and Wales. Peter Trudgill estimated in 1974 that 3% of
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“Alienated by Accent” The manner in which a person speaks is more than just a complex order of certain intonations and slang words‚ it is a representation of the historical‚ cultural‚ and ethnic background of an individual. Infants learn language from their parents who learned it from their parents who learned it from their parents on and on all the way to the ancient ancestors of those infants; meaning that each person carries with their words a cultural identity that is unique to them but also
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This assignment will discuss the variation in spoken language‚ such as‚ the difference between accents and dialect. In addition‚ it will explain how some people adapt their accent and dialect depending on different situations. Furthermore‚ this paper will also discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using accent and dialect and highlights how some people are stereotyped and discriminated by the way they use spoken language. There are many ways to speak English‚ ‘Based on how much the English
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research on language variations‚ sensitivity‚ and acquisition among social groups of all types based on social status‚ age‚ race‚ sex‚ family‚ friendship units and all kinds of relationships. Sociolinguistics is also concerned with topics such as dialect geography‚ bilingualism‚ linguistic interference‚ social dialectology "including studies of social stratification and minority group speech)‚ language situations "language rivalries‚ standardization‚ language as a means for group identification and
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Regional accents show great variation across the areas where English is spoken as a first language. This reading provided an overview of the many identifiable variations in pronunciation‚ deriving from the phoneme inventory of the local dialect‚ of the local variety of Standard English between various populations of native English speakers. Local accents are part of local dialects. Dialects of English have unique features in pronunciation‚ vocabulary‚ and grammar. I have learned that the term "accent"
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