documentary‚ illustrating the aspects of geographical linguistics within the United States. A dialect or an accent means the words we use and how we pronounce them‚ and in this case the language is American English. Variations of English that result in local dialects are discussed‚ reasons for dialect differences are given‚ and attitudes about dialects are shown in the video. There are several ways that dialects form from "standard" languages. First there is accent or the way the language is pronounced
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many different forms across the world. Everybody may not be able to understand it all‚ but language plays a huge role in a person’s life. Many different languages are spoken and written through out the world. Academic language‚ Standard English and dialects are just three types of languages that exist. Languages come from different origins‚ represent different social classes‚ and according to certain people‚ the type of language used can define a person’s intelligence. Different languages can be defined
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Speech Variation In Restaurants There are three different dialects in Pennsylvania that will give away where you reside. Why is there so much contrast in speech among the residents of the city and country? The culture where I am from has molded my speech‚ attitude‚ and actions; it also has created who I am today. The “city life” is exceptionally different from the “country life‚” I know this because of my expedition to the middle of nowhere‚ Lock Haven‚ PA. Somewhere on the four-hour car ride
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whilst they are still able to absorb such dialect instead of growing up thinking that slang words or shortened sayings are acceptable for example when they are going to interviews for jobs they may in fact be disadvantaged if they were to use sayings such as "I dunno" instead of "I don’t know". I think the head teacher is merely trying to point out that she believes they are not going to get far in life if they use such slang words instead of proper dialect when speaking to professional individuals
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The Interaction of Language and Culture Language has a deep connection into our daily life and is fundamental to our culture; it’s hard to imagine life without using a language. In fact‚ language plays a big role when a person is trying to convey his/hers thoughts. Languages are different from one another in innumerable ways‚ just because people talk differently does not necessarily mean that they think differently. However‚ according to Edward Spair and Benjamin Whorf‚ language can shape the
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An Examination of Southern Dialect as Seen in the Works of William Faulkner In the writings of William Faulkner‚ the reader may sense that the author has created an entire world‚ which directly reflects his own personal experience. Faulkner writes about the area in and around Mississippi‚ where he is from‚ during the post-Civil War period. It is most frequently Northern Mississippi that Faulkner uses for his literary territory‚ changing Oxford to "Jefferson" and Lafayette County to "Yoknapatawpha
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English (NZE) which is now known as “New Zild” is an exciting and newfangled language they speak in New Zealand. New Zild is forever evolving-forming new‚ abbreviated ways of speech. Their shared language – Te Reo/English makes up their unique‚ lucid dialect‚ which unites them as a country and distinguishes them from the rest of the world‚ this is a great aspect as their language will be fancied in the future. New Zealand English is the newest most fascinating language in the world today. New Zild
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Speech community A speech community is defined as a group of people who form a community and share the same language or a particular variety of language. The important characteristics of a speech community: A. They speak the same language or dialect. B. The members of the group must interact linguistically with other members of the community. C. They may share similar attitudes toward linguistic norms. 3. Speech varieties Speech variety‚ also known as language variety‚ refers to any
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grammatical features with Southern dialects of American English ( Nordquist‚ Richard). Contributing to the evolution of American English was the migration of blacks from the South after the Civil War to urban areas of the North. They took their Southern speech patterns with them‚ including all of the linguistic forms that had been incorporated into the grammatical structure of speech among slaves. Unlike most white immigrants to urban centers‚ who eventually adopted local dialects‚ blacks generally remained
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The question to ask is: ‘Why not use Standard English all the time?’ Language is a powerful communication tool the user holds to express their individual identity and ingroup solidarity. The use of Standard English helps to direct this‚ as it acts as the structure of communication‚ ingroup and between speech communities to effectively present a standard for mutual understanding. Outside of Standard English comes the use of slang‚ netspeak and textspeak‚ which helps to develop and enrich the language
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