One aspect that stands out to be the utmost dominant in the means of varying my idiolect is social networking. Abbreviations like “LOL” and “ROFL” appear to be making their way into everyday teenager dialects around the world including mine. I have noticed that I currently use “LOL” often to let others recognise when I find something humorous. What I perceive from this is that I only use this abbreviation around my friends primarily because of the formal and informal parting of my idiolect between
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Over time the English language has developed through three main stages; Old English‚ Middle English and Modern English. Old English is the earliest recorded stage of the English language and is very different to Modern English which we speak today. Native English speakers would find it very difficult trying to understand Old and Middle English. One of the main influences in the change of the English language is invasion. During the 5th century the Angles‚ the Saxons and the Jutes invaded Britain
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Spoken language assessment In this essay I will be analysing a transcript from a Newsnight show featuring Jeremy Paxman‚ Baroness Amos and Dizzee Rascal. I will be talking about the effects of choices in the use of standard and non-standard forms of spoken language. Often the situation influences the structure and fluency of the conversation. Especially in this situation the location of the debate is a key factor that tests the rule of conversation‚ because each person is in different studios there
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students to keep their dialects throughout the school development because it gives them a better sense of belonging and acceptance within their peers. It is crucial for students to feel accepted while learning because their skills can be the main focus in schools rather than trying to change their dialects to meet standards. As for writing‚ it should e rather similar because it would not be in the favor for every single teacher or professor to go out and learn as many dialects as they can‚ just to
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The best part is helping people through whatever problems people encounter like –a court situation it’s a matter of getting their ideas across to the judge- they are in court clarifieng what problem they had. one time a guy with his girlfriend‚ his child was making a fuss‚ the guy had to explain the situation‚ they were at a stop light the kid went to the front seet‚ but it’s a illegal‚ interpreting their situation‚ but he had to go to a child class‚ but in the testimony he was the passenger‚ he
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Mexican Spanish‚ north Mexican Spanish dialect‚ Chicano Spanish‚ Tex-Mex‚ and Pachuco. However Texas‚ New Mexico‚ Arizona‚ and California have different regional variations for Chicano Spanish. She also wrote on how she was punished for speaking Spanish or “talking back to her teacher.” Even her mother was mortified that she was speaking English like a Mexican. When she was in college she even had to take two classes that were aimed to get rid of her accent. Azaldua is very correct in her statement
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waited in silence for my response. Words began to spiral in my head as I searched for the one phrase that would satisfy my instructor. I threw a quick glance at the other students‚ and watched as they snickered and babbled off to their friends in a dialect that confused me. I heard myself mutter‚ “I don’t understand‚” each word gradually rolling off my tongue. Awkward silence. I never really came to understand why my simple phrase brought a look of total bewilderment to the group of students in my
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The Cosmos excerpt contained a lot of humbling information about the ways animals communicate. The article focused on whales and how many years they have had to perfect their communication routes but reading how easily humans tampered with their hard work was upsetting. Sagan suggest that before we try to communicate with extraterrestrial beings‚ we should try harder to communicate and understand the other animals on Earth. He then goes on to describe how much information smaller organisms such as
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is most likely that we all have or will interact with people from other cultures. The only aspect of interacting with people from other cultures that sometimes proves difficult for me is the issue of language and accents. For the most part I have no problems understanding most dialects’ yet there are some that are very difficult for me to understand so listen intently. If I know that I am meeting with a person from a culture and I am not familiar with their traditions‚ beliefs and greeting styles
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that the code conformed by the linguistic norms must be common to all speakers for communication to be possible. This was seen as a dangerous simplification by Bakhtin‚ who asserted that languages are internally divided‚ not simply into regional dialects‚ but also into many different strata‚ corresponding to all possible axes of social division; he thus posited a minutely nuanced variety of class-‚ ethnia-‚ profession-‚ age- and gender-specific languages within the same code. Languages‚ however
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