УНИВЕРСИТЕТ» ПЕДАГОГИЧЕСКИЙ ИНСТИТУТ Реферат на тему: «American English: major dialects and variations» Выполнила: студентка 2 курса Contents Introduction 4 American English 5 Local Dialects in the USA 10 Spelling in American English 11 Conclusion 12 Bibliography
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audience. Broad distinctions have commonly been drawn between formal and informal levels of usage. Dictionaries sometimes provide usage labels to indicate the contexts in which certain words are generally used. Such labels include colloquial‚ slang‚ dialect‚ nonstandard‚ and archaic. See also: Diction E.B. White’s Diction and Metaphors in "Death of a Pig" Nonstandard English and Standard English Plain Style‚ Middle Style‚ and Grand Style Style Usage Examples and Observations: "Each of
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of communication. Today it is very common to see language barriers between immigrants who have moved to America‚ and do not speak English. Even people from America who do speak English and move here to the south may have trouble understanding our dialect. What ever the case may be language is the strongest source of communication‚ and it can affect us privately and publicly. In Amy Tan’s “Mother Tongue”‚ she talks about her family’s language. Her family was from china. So Amy talks about her understanding
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American English The three original American dialects — New England‚ Mid-Atlantic and Southern — all had their origins in different areas of England and reproduce many of the characteristics of those areas. The varieties of Southern English‚ as well as the Midwestern twang‚ evolved in consequence of these dialects’ rubbing together. Non-English dialects have had relatively little influence‚ except in semantics and several structures which are clearly marked as non-English in origin (for example
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Nearly every American speaks some dialect of English that varies from Standard American English (SAE); however‚ although dialects are entirely acceptable variants of English‚ some dialectal speakers experience increased difficultly‚ such as negative stigmas and intelligibility issue‚ due to their speech patterns. This is often the case for speakers of African American Vernacular English (AAVE)‚ which is spoken by most but not all African Americans. AAVE differs from SAE in the syntax‚ phonology‚
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Black Vernacular English from Virginia Black Vernacular English‚ a dialect at times used by as many as 80 to 90 percent of African Americans and long identified by whites as substandard English‚ is in fact a different and unique form of American English. Black Vernacular English (BVE)‚ or Black English‚ is fundamentally a spoken language derived from the slaves and still remarkably consistent throughout African American culture. Because of the roots and many unique aspects of Black Vernacular
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This assignment will discuss the variation in spoken language‚ such as‚ the difference between accents and dialect. In addition‚ it will explain how some people adapt their accent and dialect depending on different situations. Furthermore‚ this paper will also discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using accent and dialect and highlights how some people are stereotyped and discriminated by the way they use spoken language. There are many ways to speak English‚ ‘Based on how much the English
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percentage speaks it very badly. The other 30% of the people‚ which are the remaining 400 million people‚ can not speak it at all. Getting the communist chinese party to push for another linguistic unity will help unite the nation with thousands of dialects and numerous minority languages. This will help the communist party take control over the people and get power. Not only will it make the government stronger‚ but it will also help them communicate with people when they all speak the same language
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themselves from commoners‚ who were more likely to use colloquialisms in their interactions. Informal vocabulary is used when speaking with friends‚ relatives‚ acquaintance. There are several sub-groups in this group:Colloquial words; slang and dialect words Colloquialisms serve the dual purposes of efficiency and showing familiarity between the speaker and the listener. For example‚ modern speakers of English often use contractions‚ such as "how ’d" in "How ’d you do it?" as a faster way of
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Dialectal difference between an Louisiana and Nigeria native are distinctively different .The subject I choose to use in my Dialectal difference project focused on an Nigeria‚ Africa native named Odara. She has been in the United States 3 years and our dialects have both similarities and differences. Yoruba is the native language spoke in Nigeria‚ but English is the official language of Nigeria. Yoruba is Odara first language. She described to me speaking English is easy for her because Yoruba consist of
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