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    EXPLAIN THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL CLASS ON COMMUNICATION Ways of Determining Social Class The determination of social class is a topic which has been the subject of several studies:- Karl Marx (1818-1883) believed that in all stratified societies‚ there are two major social groups‚ a ruling class and a subject class‚ the bourgeoisies and the proletariat. These relations involve exploitation and domination of one class over another (Haralambos 2000 pg 37) Marx argued that the structure of society

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    1.Phonetics as a branch of linguistics. Phonetics and other disciplines. Applications of phonetics. Ph-s is a basic branch of linguistics that studies the inventory‚ structure and functions of the speech sounds. Ph-s studies the phonemes and their allophones‚ the syllabic structure‚ the distribution of stress‚ intonation and the ways in which they are organized. Ph-s investigates into a system of units and the variation of the units in all types and styles of spoken language. Some disciplines like

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    THE GULLAH CULTURE 4 Web Web page designed by Bradford Pazant -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The recent rise in Black consciousness has created an extraordinary interest in the study of Black heritage and the preservation of Black culture in America. Many scholars and students are turning their attention to A frican-American cultural patterns‚ which have been long ignored and often scorned. Black people are realizing more and more

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    determined and defined by the way they speak. There are two language domains used in the speech event; the country of Toronto where the event takes place and the telephone booth the exact location of the speech event. Oliver speaks a Jamaican dialect called a Patwa (English-lexicon Creole) while Trini converses using the Trinidadian language which is also an English-lexicon Creole. In relation to the language variety used by the unheard interlocutors‚ it can be assumed that they speak Canadian

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    “Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going.” (Brown‚ 1989) The Italian American dialect prevalent in popular culture like movies and television shows is born of the shifts that occurred in the Italian language from the early days of immigration from Italy to the Americas. Settling by and large in the upper eastern section of the the United States‚ enclaves formed in most large cities‚ often referred to as Little Italy. The immigrants learned

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    observation of linguistic terrorism throughout her life. The article begins in a school setting where the author reveals an unacceptable atmosphere for being caught speaking Spanish. Communicating meant speaking American‚ and avoiding any Mexican accents. Violation of the First Amendment is expressed through the author feeling attacked for expressing her roots. Anzaldua’s emphasizes how people who have experienced alienation should not be ashamed of their native tongues. Most of what Anzaldua feels

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    PSZICHO- ÉS SZOCIOLINGVISZTIKA ANGOL SZAKOSOKNAK 1. The formation of psycholinguistics. A science for the study of language development‚ understanding and production. Basic terminology Classification of sciences 24 main branches (e.g. linguistics) 221 branches (e.g. applied linguistics) 1995 sub-branches {applications} (e.g. sociology) Linguistics can be: 1. theoretical or applied; 2. synchronic (descriptive) or diachronic (historical). Diachronic linguistics: 1. comparative;

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    almost every country. Languages have different accents meaning they are pronounced differently by different people depending on geographical factors‚ social classes‚ age groups and educational backgrounds. When we speak of an accent‚ however‚ it is important to differentiate it from a dialect‚ which we use to refer to a variety of a language that differs not only in pronunciation but in vocabulary‚ grammar and word-order‚ too. The term accent refers to pronunciation differences only. Pronunciation

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    | |Register – Cockney dialect | | | |Exclamation |Act 1 (Eliza to Mrs Eynsford-Hill) |Shaw uses Eliza’s cockney dialect to create her distinctive voice and to set her apart from the other characters

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    not the contrary. People speak different languages; this difference is used to identify and distinguish between different people‚ different ethnicities and races. The human need to belong to a group makes them abide to a specific language and dialect that represents their specific community and differentiate it from the rest. Language is what connects people to their communities; they are directly connected to people who speak the same language as them. Anzaldua argues that “Ethnic identity is

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