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    are also many different ones. If someone can’t find them or notice them at first‚ just sit back and listen to the people around and then go somewhere else with different people and listen to them. Try and distinguish the differences in wording and dialect. Do they use different slangs? It is that easy to notice how people speak. Just go out and step into the world of speech communities. The one I’ll be talking about in this paper is‚ one specific side of my family‚ the household of dad’s brother’s

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    material. More often though they wear a light plaid or shawl of tartan material. c) Language Argentina Spanish is the national language‚ although in Argentina it is spoken in several accents and has absorbed many words from other languages‚ especially Italian. Numerous foreign languages and dialects can be heard‚ from Basque and Sicilian to Welsh and Gaelic. Toward the end of the 19th century‚ an underworld language called lunfardo developed in Buenos Aires‚ composed of words from many languages—among

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    Pygmalion) [pic] *Introduction: -The aim of this paper is to introduce the ways in which language can vary‚ including change over time and variation within linguistic communities‚ the effects of contact between speakers of different languages and dialects‚ the development of language as it is being acquired and learned‚ the sporadic errors which can occur in normal language production‚ and the nature of speech and languages disorders (According to the study of the play called "Pygmalion" which we

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    discuss an intensely complex cluster of interlinked concepts involving distinctions between (i) descriptive and prescriptive grammar‚ (ii) constitutive and regulative rules‚ (iii) conservative and liberal attitudes‚ and (iv) standard and non-standard dialects. I cannot hope to be comprehensive‚ but I will try to be clear. Sometimes it seems to me that the issues we are dealing with here have been mired in the same controversies for a good forty years. Other times it seems more like a hundred and forty

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    study or the speakers that you have heard about. This will surely open up your mind. This source can definitely improve your language skill‚ especially the listening skill. You will hear from many native English speakers with different accents and dialects. You will learn to get used to the speaking tone and speed of native speakers. You can learn how they use their pronunciation and the use of words in both daily and academic conversation. You will soon realize that there is a pool of speakers

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    employees‚ but they are really only advocating uniformity. Terms to Know: • Communicative Competence: A person’s ability to select a situationally appropriate code (language) (Speicher‚ 2002). • Code Switching: Changing from one language or dialect to another either within or between conversations (Speicher‚ 2002) • Monolingual: Using or knowing only one language (Dictionary.com) • Bilingual: Using or able to use two languages‚ especially with equal or nearly equal fluency (Dictionary.com)

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    a sense of reverence‚ especially my grandmother who is like the monarch of the family. When speaking with my grandmother I always try to pay close attention to every word she says because it’s some time difficult to understand her with her Italian accent. She always seems to understand me though‚ even when I mutter a complaint under my breath about doing the dishes. My grandmother is one of those people who demands respect without ever uttering it. When speaking to her you may be speaking down because

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    or nice wavy haircuts with nice watches and shiny pinky rings. In Italy fashion is serious and in this movie they nailed the look. They use italian dialect and Doowop music‚ making you feel like you are right there. The gambling scene in the beginning ‚ the crew say things like “fuckin’ pig” ‚ “mush”‚ “chooch”‚ “smooch” in these thick italian accents all . Throughout this movie you see of loud passionate conversations‚ especially C’s parents all through the movie they express passionately how she

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    up‚ TV was big influence on me and it still is today as it is portrayed in American programmes such as family guy and jersey shore etc‚ these particularly use slang words like "shawty and dude". This has had an impact on my idiolect as changing my accent and vocabulary is my own way to achieve this. It is also my way of converging to what everyone believes to be socially accepted. My family has been the largest influence on my idiolect in my life. For example speaking different languages with different

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    Big Band Jazz Across the world there are thousands of languages that we as people use to communicate with one another. Many of these languages have been developed out of others‚ therefore sharing similar dialectsaccents‚ and in some cases even some words are very similar. Yet of all the languages that are spoken across the world‚ there is only one that is fluently spoken and understood on every continent‚ and that is the language of Music. Yet because this language is spoken in so many different

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