Dialectology Dialectology is a study of language that focuses on understanding dialects. It is part of a larger group of studies called sociolinguistics‚ which evaluates the many elements that shape communication in whole cultures or in smaller groups. When dialectologists study language they are principally concerned with identifying how the same language can vary‚ based on a number of circumstances. This does not simply mean pronunciation changes‚ but can also mean differences in word choice‚
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The Strathfield district was once the land of the Wangal clan of the Darug tribe (Council 2015). The Darug tribe spoke the Eora dialect of the Darug language (Council 2015) and the their land was once an integral area to gather and hunt for food for the clan. It was in 1793 when European settlement began in the Strathfield district and land grants were made in the early 1800s‚ which meant the start of building settlement (Unknown). A significant historical issue that has been documented was the evidence
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In the article “Conflicted Medical Journals and the Failure of Trust” the issue of pharmaceutical businesses and their research‚ and how it is presented is outlined. The article covers one of the largest controversies with business research conducted by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and how the results were skewed and then reported by many medical journals as fact‚ even though the research did not support what was reported. The study was GSK 329‚ which showed a particular drug to be effective in adolescents
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Diglossia is the relationship between two or more codified dialects that are used in the same speech community under different circumstances. Diglossia is categorised into two important hallmarks‚ the (H) high function which is seen as the superior dialect that is based on a grammatical system. It is formalised of rules‚ hence allowing thoughts and ideas to be expressed logically. However‚ the (L) function is connected to the standardised language of the speech community. It is used to express ideas
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As defined by wikipedia‚ “Slang is the continual and ever-changing use and definition of words in informal conversation‚ often using references as a means of comparison or showing likeness.” The expressions of slang often embody the attitudes and values of the group members using them. In order for an expression to become slang‚ it must be widely accepted and adopted by the sub-culture and its boundaries. Some modern slang has endured over the decades since its inception (i.e. cool) and some will
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Dialect “distinguishes” a specific group of people from others; it involves “grammar‚” “sound‚” and “pronunciation”. . Twain discloses in the explanatory of the book that the “dialects are used to wit” and reveals that “Missouri Negro” dialect and “Pike County” dialect were used for the main characters. He describes the “Missouri Negro” dialect as the “extremest form of backwoods South-Western dialect”. Jim’s dialect demonstrates he is uneducated by his accent
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Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)‚ English author‚ feminist‚ essayist‚ publisher‚ and critic wrote A Room of One’s Own (1929); All I could do was to offer you an opinion upon one minor point—a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction; and that‚ as you will see‚ leaves the great problem of the true nature of woman and the true nature of fiction unsolved.-Ch. 1 Now regarded as a classic feminist work‚ Woolf based her extended essay A Room on lectures she had given at women’s
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African American’s identity‚ and how the language should be taught in schools. June Jordan fights for the recognition of Black English because she feels that the language is disappearing into a world where nobody cares. However‚ it is not the dialect that she is urging to be taught in schools‚ it is the importance of the language. Jordan believes that schools‚ media‚ and families have stripped the importance out of Black English. She writes that Black English encloses "life‚ voice‚ and clarity"
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The Mexican Spanish dialect is one that began to form in 1521 during Spain’s conquest of the Aztec Empire. The various dialects which are Latin America originate from either Castilian‚ the written and educational standard in Spain‚ or Andalusian‚ which is spoken in the southern regions of Seville and Andalucía‚ Spain. When Europe began colonizing the Americas‚ both dialects were carried over into the Latin American regions. Castilian was integrated in large cities and administrative areas such as
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Dialects of The Help The Help is a book that depicts the lives of blacks in the 1960’s and what it was like to live in a world that was so harsh and unequal. During the 1960s blacks and whites were on unequal playing fields the blacks were seen as inferior and not as important. Within the novel the lives of two black maids are depicted and the struggles that they had to go through to live in an all white world. In the 1960s blacks and white were kept apart they were not allowed to go to the same
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