Sociolinguistics Language Variation What is Sociolinguistics? What Factors Enter into Language Variation? • Language does not exist in a vacuum. • Since language is a social phenomenon it is natural to assume that the structure of a society has some impact on the language of the speakers of that society. • The study of this relationship and of other extralinguistic factors is the subfield of sociolinguistics. • We will look in this section at the ways in which languages vary internally
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emergence of permanent Hispanic communities. This situation offers an ideal opportunity to examine the dynamics of new dialect formation in progress‚ and the extent to which speakers acquire local dialect traits as they learn English as a second language. We focus on the production of the /ai/ diphthong among adolescents in two emerging Hispanic communities‚ one in an urbanand one in a rural context. Though both English and Spanish have the diphthong /ai/‚ the Southern regional variant of the benchmark
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The English language English is one of the most important languages in the world. It can even be regarded as the single most important language. Though other languages are important too‚ they are not the same as the English language is. English is important because it is probably the only language that truly links the whole world together. If not for English‚ the whole world may not be as united as it is today. The other languages may be important for their local values and culture.Considering
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The use of Computers in Language Learning and Language Teaching C M. G Research Paper for March 18‚ 2008 I. Introduction In defining the meaning of literacy‚ Luke and Freebody suggested that there are four sets of overlapping practices that literacy involves such as: breaking the codes of text‚ participating in the meanings of texts‚ use the texts functionally and critically analyze and transform texts. (Warschauer. P. 2) Depending on the situation
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The specific reasons for the development of the spoken language of humans is still being disputed at this very point in time. Whether it be an improvement over gestural language which can be seen in the behaviour of primates with the help of humans‚ or by other factors such as social rank or in this specific paper‚ interpersonal relationships‚ it does not change the overall importance of spoken language as an evolutionary marvel. The interpersonal relations of a group-living species prompted the
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Tips to learn to speak Japanese effectively Tip 1: Attend Japanese classes If you are just starting out learning Japanese‚ I suggest that it is best you attend some basic Japanese courses at a local language school in your country. That is because the foundation of the language is so important that if you screw up in the beginning‚ it will drag you down when you move forward to the intermediate or advanced classes. You will always have to refer back the materials in the basic classes. I have seen
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Linguistic Diversity: English Language Learners Janice Watson EDU: 639 Human Relations & Learning in the Multicultural Environment Dr. Jamie Worthington September 20‚ 2010 Linguistic Diversity (English Language Learners) English Language Learners (ELL) refers to students whose first language is not English and encompasses both students who are just beginning to learn English. Because there are so many students who enter the United States who do not speak English well or not at all‚ we
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Importance of Language The language is very important in any culture. A language does far more than just enable people to communicate with each other. The language of one country is different from the other country and it tells the features of the country which distinguish it from one company to another. Languages shape the way people perceive the world and it also provides help to define culture of any society. There are countries in which more than one language is spoken; you will find more
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LANGUAGE USE IN THAILAND: A COMPARATIVE STUDY TO THE CASE OF BHUTAN Namgay Thinley March 2002 CONTENTS ABSTRACT iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iv ____________________________________________________________ ________ 1. INTRODUCTION 1 Statement of the problem Purpose of the study 2. REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE 2 Introduction Background information on language use in Thailand Language situation Standard Thai The present status of Thai Background information on language use in Bhutan Language situation
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ANALYSIS OF THE USING SLANG LANGUAGE (BAD WORDS) IN MAKASSAR SOCIETY BY MOHAMMAD ASLAMMUDDIN (085214015) TRI WULANDARI (085214017) IHRAM CHARLY (105214017) ENGLISH LITERATURE FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE STATE UNIVERSITY OF MAKASSAR 2012 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION A. Background Language is a tool of communication. We can send information by communicate it. A communication can be a spoken language or written language. In spoken language‚ it might be a conversation. Conversation
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