The Author’s story begins in Fresno‚ California where Gary Soto was born. Gary soto started off doing poetry in High school even though he wasn’t academically motivated when Soto was a child.”He was not academically motivated as a child‚ but became interested in poetry during his high school years”(poets.org). And soto went to Fresno City College and studied poetry. “He attended Fresno City college and California State University at Fresno while working toward an undergraduate degree‚ and later studied
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The language known today as Spanish is derived from a dialect of spoken Latin that evolved in the north-central part of the Iberian Peninsula after the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the fifth century. A written standard was developed in the cities of Toledo (13th to 16th centuries) and Madrid (from the 1560s).[1] Over the past 1‚000 years‚ the language expanded south to the Mediterranean Sea‚ and was later transferred to the Spanish colonial empire‚ most notably to the Americas. Today it is
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(Graddol‚ 1996‚ p 41‚ 44-45) Their different linguistic background leads to a variation in dialects for the different parts of the country (Graddol‚ 1996‚ p 44-45‚ 134). In an effort to promote a standardized English‚ King Alfred (AD 849-899) commissioned the translation of some Latin texts into the dialect of West Saxon‚ the leading political and cultural centre. That made West Saxon the dominant dialect (Graddol‚ 1996‚ p 107). Another force that invaded England was the Scandinavian ’s Vikings.
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Whites perceive blacks as aggressive‚ over-emotional‚ angry‚ confrontational‚ interruptive‚ too personal‚ showboating • Gestures (misunderstood gestures are a major barrier see discussion on non-verbal language) • Variations in language – accent‚ dialect • Slang - jargon - colloquialism • Different forms or reasons for verbal interaction Dueling – seeing who can get the upper hand (playing the dozens) Repartee conversation – taking short turns rather than monologue Ritual conversation –
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Features of Indian English Indian English refers to dialects or varieties of English spoken primarily in India and also by Indian Diaspora elsewhere In the world. Due to British colonialism for over two hundred years’ as were used more to British English than to American‚ Australian or Canadian English. And due to the presence of vernacular languages in our country‚ English was chosen to be the co-official language of the union of India. Our obvious choice is one of the varieties of British English;
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racism‚ class warfare‚ and loss of ethnic identity as unfortunate by-products. The Xicano (Chicano) was able to evolve and retain their cultural identity and ethnicity by creating a border dialect or language (a Patois) which supports the view of the essayist Gloria Anzaldua’s “How to Tame a Wild Tongue.” This dialect is viewed as sub-cultured jargon in their homeland (Mexico) where Standard Mexican Spanish is spoken and the Working Class English is demanded by their adopted host north of the border
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All languages change over time‚ and vary from place to place. In my opinion‚ English language is the most influenced by the change. I must say lots of factors affect language. It may be because of political or social pressures‚ such us invasions‚ imigration and colonisation. It may also change because of latest inventions‚ such as transport‚ domestic appliances and industrial equipment‚ or new sports and entertainment‚ because they also need new vocabluary. But‚ language can change by less obvious
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ﻛﺎرﺷﻨﺎﺳﻲ و ﻛﺎرﺷﻨﺎﺳﻲ ارﺷﺪ و ﻛﺎرﺷﻨﺎﺳﻲ ﻧﺎﭘﻴﻮﺳﺘﻪ :( ) : ﺗﺸﺮﻳﺤﻲ : ﺳﺮي ﺳﻮال : زﻣﺎن آزﻣﻮن )دﻗﻴﻘﻪ( : ﺗﺴﺘﻲ : ﺗﺸﺮﻳﺤﻲ ‚ ‚ ‚ ‚ ‚ : ﺗﻌﺪاد ﺳﻮاﻻت : ﺗﺴﺘﻲ : ﻋﻨــﻮان درس : رﺷﺘﻪ ﺗﺤﺼﻴﻠﻲ/ﻛﺪ درس 1- All the following terms show implying something which is not said‚or an additional conveyed meaning‚ Except--------. 1. Direct speech act 2. Indirect speech act 3. Implicature 4. Inference 2- Which of the following is not considered as a cohesive tie? 1. Act of
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indigenous sign language. What is Creolization? Young Vineyarders who attended “Old Hartford” broughttheir native sign-dialect with them‚ but picked up ASL at school‚ then brought back their acquired signs when they returned to the Vineyard‚ and used these “new” signs when communicating with others‚ who in turn picked them up. The “new signs thus became part of the Vineyard dialect. This process is called “creoliation – a subordinate anguage picks up words and usages from a “dominant” language‚
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because of the coherent linkage to the origination of the English dialect and the modernization of English Literature. Over the years English literature has evolved greatly. There have been diverse changes to the structure and development of English language since the advent of Old English dialect during the Anglo-Saxon period to what we now speak and consider to be English language. “Old English is not uniform. It consists of various dialects‚ but literature needs to treat it as a language” (Michael Delahoyde
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