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
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Learn Speak English We can speak English confident if we native language is another than English‚ because we live in a homogeneous country‚ where the diversity of races abound‚ thereby dialect‚ ways of thinking‚ living and acting‚ but in this country the universal language is English‚ spoken different accents‚ so if we aren’t native north American there are several ways to learn speak English‚ for example‚ the practicing‚ living with other people who speak native English‚ learn and study English
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to answer imply that you agree with Baldwin’s opinion. Therefore‚ in order to answer them honestly‚ I must confess my disagreements. Throughout the essay he represses the term Dialect. Dialect is what defines someone. He says‚ “Language‚ incontestably‚ reveals the speaker.” I must disagree with that statement. Dialect is what defines the speaker‚ and language is what reveals‚ not the speaker‚ but‚ the audience. You speak the same language with another to communicate‚ what reveals you‚ or where
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that represent her home she has found her inner self once again according to the line‚ “come to break the frozen lake in me”. However on the other hand the “talk wia BBC accent….aboot thi trooth” lines of Leonard is suggesting that the poet is imagining a BBC newsreader explaining that‚ if he read the news in Glaswegian dialect people would not believe it‚ indicating the newsreader is suffering a major difference between private and social identity. Both poems have been written to express the feelings
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their a substandard dialect. Historically‚ when Africans were enslaved and brought to America they were forced to learn a new
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as well as towards the dialects of the language they speak. These attitudes are motivated by different factors‚ including pride in or shame regarding one’s own language‚ confidence or embarrassment about how one sounds‚ nationalism and a sense of personal dignity‚ one’s status and values as well as the prestige some languages are given in international interactions. A well known attitude is the desire for foreign speech patterns; another is the rejection of certain dialects. People form impressions
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English (NZE) which is now known as “New Zild” is an exciting and newfangled language they speak in New Zealand. New Zild is forever evolving-forming new‚ abbreviated ways of speech. Their shared language – Te Reo/English makes up their unique‚ lucid dialect‚ which unites them as a country and distinguishes them from the rest of the world‚ this is a great aspect as their language will be fancied in the future. New Zealand English is the newest most fascinating language in the world today. New Zild
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very beginning when the first words were uttered‚ the ability to communicate has played an important role in our world. Words can hurt‚ heal‚ create‚ build and transform. Language is obviously a vital tool that unites people. Every nation has their dialect and specific slang that made them unique. The variations depend also on the age categories. In American society people of each generation have been adding new meanings and new words into the conversations in order to reflect the experiences‚ beliefs
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Eng 150 October 27‚ 2010 The Negative Impact of Bilingual Education It is true that‚ fitting in and adapting to two different linguistic and cultural world can have lasting impacts on individuals‚ hence‚ Richard Rodriguez‚ in his book “Achievement of Desire”‚ addresses his struggles as a young boy‚ trying to adapt to a bilingual education and how that education alienated him from his uneducated Mexican parents. Additionally in the excerpts “How to Tame a Wild Tongue‚” Gloria Anzaldua
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community or nation‚ but why does the dictionary state or in between community and nation? Is it because we can speak to one another with the same tone and or accent that other states or countries do not or is it something else? I’m going to leave that answer to you. Second‚ accent now there’s a word that will help shed some lite on the situation. Accent: the stress of a syllable in terms of differential loudness‚ or of pitch‚ or length‚ or of a combination of these. But is not America made up of different
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