The differences between the way we speak changes based on our situation and surroundings. We are affected by whether the situation is formal‚ based on our knowledge of a subject‚ or who we are around. People can switch the way we speak at a moments notice. A person can go from speaking slang to speaking properly and grammatically correct when the occasion arises. A person can speak to a woman differently than a man or be overpowered by another person’s voice. Most people go through these transitions
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Samuel Johnson in his‚ Preface to a Dictionary of the English Language‚ employs a multitude of rhetorical strategies to aid the development of his argument that the English language must be standardized and that lexicographers have had their valuable positions destroyed. Johnson begins by constructing the first paragraph through the employment of anaphora‚ continually repeating “to be” at the beginning of each clause. Through this structure‚ Johnson presents to the reader how the lower class workers
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The article‚ “A Cultural Line in the Sand” by Thomas Lake‚ describes the example of a vernacular region as the South. A vernacular region is a place people believe exists as part of their cultural identity. The region of the South has people with “Southern accent(s) and learned Southern ways.” Some also think “we’re losing our Southern.” The term vernacular applies to the South because the people there believe it exists as part of their culture. The people of the South have customs that immerge
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Wendy Carlos once said‚ “As human beings we do change‚ grow‚ adapt‚ perhaps even learn and become wise”. This quote is a perfect example of the reason why we code switch and how it impacts us as people. Code switching is an important part of everyone’s lives. The communities we interact with on an everyday basis have different expectations from us. We fill these interactions between groups with lingo and terms that are relatable and common with the community we belong in. The constant switching is
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South Africa is diverse in culture but could be unified in language. English should be South Africa ’s unifying language. It is necessary to understand what nationhood is‚ so that you the reader realise that a national language does not alter a nation. It binds the nation. I will also discuss South Africa ’s diverse cultures and how a unifying language can merge these cultures. Lastly‚ I will demonstrate the links between language and identity. <br> <br>The concept of a nation is not easily defined
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Reading an Academic Source: “Historic low prestige and seeds of change: Attitudes toward Jamaican Creole” Jamaican Creole (known to its speakers as Patois) is a language of ethnic identification for roughly two and a half million people in the island of Jamaica‚ and overseas for many thousands of native speakers. The origins of the Jamaican Creole postdate 1660‚ in the interaction of British colonists and African slaves. Jamaican language and its place in society reflects the brutal history
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An innovative Teacher I had Mrs. Anderson reputations precede her as one of the most innovative English Language teacher at the Norman Manley High School. I can attest to her innovative skills when I was first introduce to her in fifth form; she exuded English in every manner‚ the suttle tone of her voice in which she spoke‚ with an accent as if she was born in Britain but on the contrary she was a Jamaican. She said to my class on the first day that “She promised she would provide us with the
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The Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson Publisher: William Morrow Copyright: June 1990 ISBN: 0-688-07895-8 Format: Hardcover Pages: 270 It was about time for me to read another non-fiction book. This is an irreverant and often-humorous look at the history and quirks of the English language‚ covering both British and American English and the distinctions between them (and touching briefly on Australian as well). While it does touch on some of the origins and major turning points
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Not all people who speak the English language speak it the same way. It is very uncommon to find two people that speak the exact same English because there are so many different forms of the language. This is the argument that Amy Tan makes in her story‚ “Mother Tongue”. Tan uses pathos to portray to her audience how through her experiences with her mother and the Chinese language she came to realize who she wanted to be and how she wanted to write. In “Mother Tongue”‚ Tan discusses the many ways
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Pangasinan National High School Lingayen‚ Pangasinan S. Y. 2012-2013 Advantage of English over Folk Language in Learning Presented to: Mrs. Liberty Casaclang Submitted as Partial Requirement in English IV Researchers: Krissxan Grace P. Lansangan Vernon Russel R. Rosario I. Acknowledgement The researchers wish to acknowledge and thank with profound gratitude‚ heartfelt appreciation and warmest sincerity the assistance extended by the people who helped them in making this research
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