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    al. 1996. Die Differenzierung des Englischen in national Varianten. Berlin: Erich Schmidt. Herbst‚ Thomas and Rita‚ Stoll Hughes‚ Arthur and Peter Trudgill. et al. 1986. English Accents and Dialects. London. OUP. Montgomery‚ Martin Milroy‚ James and Leslie Milroy. 2002. Real English. The Grammer of English Dialects in the British Isles. London: Longman. N.A. November 15‚ 2001. Jamaica and the Great War. <http://jamaica-gleaner.com/pages/history/story0014.html> ( June 16‚ 2012) N.A Patrick

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    macro distinction: 1. Micro sociolinguistics: (sociolinguistics) In social dimensions of language‚ the emphasis is on language. Micro sociolinguistics explores the way in which society influences the way people talk‚ ex: creation of a variety of dialects; how they communicate with different social factors‚ and how language varieties with social attributes such as class‚ sex and age. 2. Macro sociolinguistics: (sociology of language) In linguistics dimensions of society‚ the emphasis is on society

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    Differences in Sociolinguistic Rules and the Misunderstandings Language learners are used to taking advantages of knowledge of their mother tongue language when they are studying foreign languages‚ they may have some misinterpretations that caused by the differences in sociolinguistic rules. For a better understanding of sociolinguistics‚ Wardhaugh (2006‚ p.13) stated that sociolinguistics how people’s talking are influenced by the society and how people’s class‚ gender‚ and age contribute to

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    Choose one short chapter of Trainspotting. Consider Welsh ’s use of narrative position in that section and discuss language use (dialectaccent‚ taboo words) Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh is a novel based around the drug culture of Edinburgh in the 1980’s. Structured around the lives of five‚ male heroin addicts‚ the novel is assembled by a series of short stories that are tied together by characterization. The readers follow the lives of those who have chosen to drop out of polite society‚ as

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    things such as accent‚ vocabulary‚ grammar and non-verbal communication and is influenced by things such as the region they live in‚ age‚ personal experiences‚ age‚ occupation and social groups they belong to. Growing up in Newquay during the 70’s‚ having moved from Indian Queens‚ with the town still retaining a mostly Cornish community I inevitably acquired a Cornish accent. Despite my upbringing I don’t think I speak with what many would regard as a stereotypical Cornish accent. I consider this

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    * In which level‚ dialects of Sialkot and Jhelum differ? * Do economic conditions of the speakers put effects on dialect variations? * What are the social stratifications of the people of Sialkot and Jhelum? * What are the effects of geographical distance between the two areas on their dialects? 3- OBJECTIVES OF RESEARCH * To obtain a clear picture of the dialect variations of the people of Sialkot and Jhelum through indicators like pronunciation‚ accent‚ lexis‚ syntax‚ semantic

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    dialogue is easy to understand‚ and reflects the people of the generation. The novels protagonist‚ Tom Joad is a simple man who has recently been released from prison. He is not sophisticated. He acts as he does‚ and does as he acts. He speaks in a dialect like everyone else in the novel‚ and he is easy to understand. Steinbeck wanted him to be relatable to others reading the novel. His writing differs from others that have been popular such as Dickens and Shakespeare. No reader could easily identify

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    between language and dialect. Language is one of the fundamental things for our daily living. The main reason behind development a society is communication and there is no doubt the language is the best way of communication so far. So we can say that the contribution of language for human civilization is enormous. As a language community a community can be own difference of expression‚ attitude‚ tone‚ accent. That is making a language variation in same community. This is called dialect. Before the

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    What we call a "Chicago accent" is actually called the Inland North American dialect. This encompasses the major cities around the Great Lakes. The dialect used to be considered the standard American accent until the region experienced a vowel shift‚ now called the North Cities Vowel Shift. Who Speaks the Chicago Dialect? Or rather‚ who doesn’t? The answer‚ of course‚ is African Americans in the Chicago region‚ who have their own (and infinitely more interesting) dialect. Though this may be obvious

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    definitions of „Dialect‟‚ „Standard and Non Standard Language‟‚ „National Language‟ and „Varieties of English‟‚ and „Stylistics‟. Also read the relevant course material that define and explain these terms and then answer the questions that follow. A dialect is a variety of a language that is characteristic of a particular group of the speakers‟ language. The term is applied most often to regional speech patterns‚ but a dialect may also be defined by other factors‚ such as social class. Dialect therefore

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