Transitional Phases "Mother Tongue" written by Amy Tan shows the many differences between immigrant families and non-immigrant families. Amy Tan describes the difficulty of growing up in a Chinese home and the transitions that she had to overcome to "fit in" to an American society. Personally‚ the transition between living above the Mason-Dixon line and then moving below it‚ was similar to that of Tan’s situation. Even though mine and Tan’s experiences vary from cultural and ethnic backgrounds
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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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1. Juiced- Excited Merked- anything from being drunk‚ high‚ tackled‚ knocked out. My Mains- refers to my close group of friends or my family. Flex- could mean both having cash on you or someone who loves to show off ... possibly show off their cash. i/e:I hate when my best friend thinks she has to wear all her designer clothes‚ she keeps flexin. Dip- you’re leaving Rollout- to leave Money- paper Beef- serious trouble
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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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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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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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Dialects refers to how words are pronounced. Your demographic location and social class can affect your dialect; how you pronounce and say certain words. I am from Texas and when I speak you can easily hear my southern accent so I identify with other texans. Also‚ jargon’s that are used can help classify individuals into a category. But I think to answer your question language helps to define individuals easily because when a person speaks it is very easy to detect where they might be from and also
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accent funny because they think I sound like Raj Koothrappali‚ a character on the Big Bang Theory‚ who is from India. In addition‚ it makes me speak in a unique way in my social group‚ and this is due to the fact that most of my friends speak with a southern accent. On the contrary‚ I have noticed some people mostly within my social group try to imitate my accent‚ as they find what I said is: “funny” and/or “cool”. Although‚ I was born in east London I have little similarity in accent with east Londoners
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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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to 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
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