different dialects of it. A dialect is a variety in a language based on the region. Some of the many different dialects of American English are New York English‚ Coastal Southern English‚ Black English and many others (Vajda). Now‚ how can American English be called a "pure" language when it its own country‚ it is divided
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using non-standard Bahasa or Malay that is Peranakan ( Chinese Straits) to their children. When I ask them why they can t speak Chinese‚ they say that their parents never taught them although I knew my grandparents do speak in one of the chinese dialect. My parents felt comfortable communicating in Peranakan as the surrounding neighbours too are using the language. As for me‚ I get to learn the language as my mother tongue and
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adapted in different situations and how the attitudes of other people influenced these adaptions Over the years as time passes by our language progresses and develops. People all around the world will have their own form of how they speak different dialects‚ languages or accents. Today I’m going to be exploring and evaluating the factors that affect the way my own spoken language can adapt in different situations and how the attitudes of other people influence these adaptions. In everyday life I adapt
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the speech of individuals and groups. Linguistics 201‚ May 28‚ 2001 Kordula De Kuthy 1 Dialect 2 Accent Any variety of a language characterized by systematic differences in pronunciation‚ grammar‚ and vocabulary from other varieties of the same language is called a dialect. Everyone speaks a dialect – in fact‚ many dialects at different levels. The people who speak a certain dialect are called a speech community. Some of the larger dialectal divisions in the English speaking
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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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I chose to analyze my reflective piece entitled “If dem doh care why should I” by the use of primarily investigating dialect variation and communicative behaviors. Dialectal variation refers to the variety of a language due to geographic‚ individual and group factors. In the monologue the two main dialects used were Creole and Standard English. Creole is a language with pidgin in its ancestry that is spoken as a native language
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determined by their geographic location. (Most words are listed in the pinyin spellings‚ not the older Wade-Giles system) Go to Chinese Place Names http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/chinalan.htm ACTIVITY 3: Britspeak: Same Language‚ Different Dialects Sometimes misunderstandings occur because words have multiple meanings‚ and meanings can change over time due to the dynamic nature of language. English has an extensive vocabulary‚ and words used in Great Britain may have alternate meanings than
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Language and Self Identity Have you ever considered that language can be more than just a means of communication? With roughly 6‚500 languages being spoken in the world today‚ linguistics is one of the most complex subjects out there. One thing intriguing about linguistics is how we use language to create our own identity and to identify others. Neither language nor identity are fixed ideas; both are dynamic and constantly changing depending on our surroundings. The varying uses of language are
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spread over Europe‚ in Russia‚ Iceland‚ France‚ Ireland etc. Suddenly things became quiet‚ and the Vikings ceased attacks. In 850‚ Viking ships sailed up the Thames‚ which consequently created the linguistic division between northern and southern dialects in England today. Another jolt to English language came in 1066‚ when the Normans‚ Vikings who had settled in the north of France‚ ended up creating 10‚000 words for the English language. For the next 300 years‚ no English king spoke his mother tongue
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very beginning when the first words were uttered‚ the ability to communicate has played an important role in our world. Words can hurt‚ heal‚ create‚ build and transform. Language is obviously a vital tool that unites people. Every nation has their dialect and specific slang that made them unique. The variations depend also on the age categories. In American society people of each generation have been adding new meanings and new words into the conversations in order to reflect the experiences‚ beliefs
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