CREOLE ENGLISH AND BLACK ENGLISH by Mark Sebba Department of Linguistics and English Language Lancaster University Lancaster LA1 4YT‚ England e-mail: M.Sebba@lancaster.ac.uk © 2002 Mark Sebba THE ORIGINS OF "BLACK ENGLISH" "Black English" can refer to two different language varieties: (1) the type of English used by people of African and Caribbean descent who live in Britain; (2) the language of African-Americans (negroes) in the United States. This is usually called Black English
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Language & Literacy 1 Language & Literacy: for Young Children
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determined by their geographic location. (Most words are listed in the pinyin spellings‚ not the older Wade-Giles system) Go to Chinese Place Names http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/chinalan.htm ACTIVITY 3: Britspeak: Same Language‚ Different Dialects Sometimes misunderstandings occur because words have multiple meanings‚ and meanings can change over time due to the dynamic nature of language. English has an extensive vocabulary‚ and words used in Great Britain may have alternate meanings than
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Language and Self Identity Have you ever considered that language can be more than just a means of communication? With roughly 6‚500 languages being spoken in the world today‚ linguistics is one of the most complex subjects out there. One thing intriguing about linguistics is how we use language to create our own identity and to identify others. Neither language nor identity are fixed ideas; both are dynamic and constantly changing depending on our surroundings. The varying uses of language are
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very beginning when the first words were uttered‚ the ability to communicate has played an important role in our world. Words can hurt‚ heal‚ create‚ build and transform. Language is obviously a vital tool that unites people. Every nation has their dialect and specific slang that made them unique. The variations depend also on the age categories. In American society people of each generation have been adding new meanings and new words into the conversations in order to reflect the experiences‚ beliefs
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separateness‚ working class‚ language/dialect‚ anger. Facts Quotes/facts Explanation/effects Content 1. The poem imagines a BBC newsreader explaining that‚ if he read the news in Glaswegian dialect‚ people would not believe it. He says there is a right way to speak and spell‚ and that people who cannot do so clearly don’t know the truth/ can’t be trusted. 2. Although the poem says these bad things about Scottish dialect – it is written in Scottish dialect. ‘yooz doant no thi trooth yirsellz
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dialectology‚ and the sociological perspective‚ or modern dialectology. Dialectology as such is the study of dialects of a language with a focus on their distribution (regional and/or social) and characteristic linguistic features. modern dialectology or sociolinguistics is used generally for the study of the relationship between language and society. Traditional and modern dialectology study dialects with a difference in scientific focus: Traditional Dialectology | Modern Dialectology | Since 19th
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In this film entitled "American Tongues"‚ the basic message the viewer gets‚ is that many people have different dialects and that different people have different views about the people who speak them. Some of these views can be negative and offensive‚ while others can be positive and thoughtful. Regardless‚ we all can see that dialects have a huge impact on people’s lives. In my paper‚ I will argue that people should learn a standard form of English as long as they are comfortable with it. People
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Armenian 2%‚ other 6% Bahrain Arabic (Arabiyya) English‚ Farsi‚ Urdu Bangladesh Bengali (Bangla) English Bhutan Bhutanese (Dzongkha) The Bhotes (the principal ethnic majority 50%) speak various Tibetan dialects like Tshanglakha and Khenkha‚ Nepalese speak various Nepalese dialects like Lhotsamkha. Brunei Darussalam Malay‚ English Chinese Cambodia Khmer spoken by more than 95% of the population (Khmer language is influenced by spoken and written Thai) some French still spoken‚ English
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CONTENTS A. The overview of Languages in the United States……………………………………………………………. 2 B. Official language status…………………………………………………………………………………………………. 3 C. Immigrant languages…………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 6 D. American English and the development…………………………………………………………………………. 7 E. Regional Differences………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 8 F. American English vs. British English………………………………………………………………………………… 10 I- Pronunciation and Spelling………………………………………………………………………………
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