whilst they are still able to absorb such dialect instead of growing up thinking that slang words or shortened sayings are acceptable for example when they are going to interviews for jobs they may in fact be disadvantaged if they were to use sayings such as "I dunno" instead of "I don’t know". I think the head teacher is merely trying to point out that she believes they are not going to get far in life if they use such slang words instead of proper dialect when speaking to professional individuals
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interview his soft Texan accent stays the same for the most part however there are times at which he reveals his personal accent which consists of a mix between Texas and Louisiana‚ Texas being his home state and Louisiana the southern state from which his father is from. This personal accent is most evident at certain parts in his speech. For example when he pronounces “my life” there is a slight draw on the ‘I’ making it noticeably different from other American accents‚ which is why‚ it stands
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He is not only the first English poet‚ but a great poet in his own right. Justly has he been called "the fountain-source of the vast stream of English literature." Contribution to Language: Well does Lowell say that "Chaucer found his English a dialect and left it a language." Borrowing Saintsbury’s words about the transformation which Dryden effected in English poetry‚ we may justly say that Chaucer found the English language brick and left it marble. When Chaucer started his literary career‚ the
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The Importance of Class / History II There are some factors that has contributed to this development: -The increasing influence of the mass media has encouraged the creation of mass society‚ meaning‚ uniform customs and tastes. The British lifestyle has become less varied. -A new concept of social security was created by the foundation of the Welfare state and the extension of social‚ medical services which eased the gap between rich and poor -The preference of the comprehensive school over
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“Why it can’t be English?” Higgins could identify people from their accents. As during that time‚ only people from upper middle class or high class societies had the opportunities to learn proper English. And people spoke different accents or dialects according to the area they were born in. For example‚ Eliza spoke her native accent Cockney- which couldn’t pronounce the vowels a‚e‚i‚o‚u correctly. Now I come to realize that the accent in language has so much influence on people. We could know the person’s
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attitude to life. This poem opens the reader’s eyes to her relaxed culture through the simple language. All though the poem is clear in its context‚ for some of the readers it can be quite hard to understand if the accent is not known. The dialect gives the readers an insight to the dialect of the poet herself and the Caribbean culture is also displayed in the warm inviting tone; this suggests that the culture is friendly and welcoming.
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this - and also an illustration of how many different dialects and languages there are in Africa – is when the missionaries come to Mbanta “He spoke through an interpreter who was an Ibo man‚ though his dialect was different and harsh to the ears of Mbanta. Many people laughed at his dialect and the way he used words strangely. “(p. 102). One could compare this to the same way in which people from Jutland make fun of people from Zealand’s accents and vice versa. Moreover the Igbo culture cannot be
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suggest that some people deliberately choose a low status accent as a way of invoking prestige‚ although this is less common amongst women than men. The Australian-born children of migrants from Europe‚ Asia and the Pacific Islands are asserting their respective cultural blends each time they open their mouths‚ leading to dozens of different ethnic dialects such as ‘wogspeak’‚ that much-parodied blend of Australian and various Mediterranean accents. (From ‘Strine feels the strain with Austrayan twang
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Jasmine Lewis Professor Laura Rose THE 101 24 March 2014 J.M Synge’s The Playboy of the Western World On Thursday March 13‚ 2014 I had the pleasure of seeing the Charleston Premiere of The Playboy of the Western World written by J.M Synge and directed by Linda Eisen‚ expertly performed at South of Broadway Theatre Company in Charleston‚ South Carolina. Not previously knowing what this play was about‚ I was in for a very big surprise. At first glance‚ the performance space looks like the inside of
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Linguist : A person who studies linguistics How does linguistics differ from traditional grammar ? 1. Linguistics is descriptive not prescriptive that means ( linguists are interested in what is said not what they think ought to be said ) 2. they describe all aspects of language but don’t prescribe rules of correctness . 3. Linguists regard the spoken language as primary not the written . 4. Linguistics doesn’t force languages into a Latin-based framework ‚ and they are trying
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