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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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    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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    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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    “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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